The concern continues to increase for the relatives of Boalem Sansal. After the condemnation of the author Franco-Algerio to five firm prisons on Tuesday, July 1, his supporters recovered to a possible grace of the Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
On July 5, a national holiday celebrating the independence of Algeria, the leader has greeted some 6,500 prisoners, said a press release from the Algerian Presidency published on Facebook.
However, it is specified that this list excludes anyone condemned by “attacks and conspiracies against the authority of the State, integrity and unity of the national territory”, that is the chief of accusation against Boalem Sansal.
The conviction is not end before Wednesday
According to BFMTV’s information, the writer’s conviction will not be final until next Wednesday, a deadline for a possible appeal for cassation. Therefore, Algiers may wait for the expiration of the deadline on Wednesday to make a possible decision of grace.
Little optimistic, the French support committee of Boalem Sansal indicates to BFMTV that “unfortunately it must be feared” that the author is not among the gray prisoners.
Boalem Sansal had been sentenced on March 27 to five years in prison in the first instance, particularly by statements in October 2024 to the French media of the borders of the right, where he considered that Algeria had inherited under the French colonization of territories that belong until then to Morocco.
The Sansal issue has indicated the tensions between Paris and Algiers, relaunched in July 2024 for the recognition of France of a Autonomy Plan “under Moroccan sovereignty” for Western SaharaTerritory that Morocco has been competed for 50 years and the Polisario separatists supported by Algiers.
Since then, the two countries are happening An unprecedented diplomatic crisismarked by Expulsions of diplomats on both sidesRestrictions for diplomatic visas and freezing of all cooperation.
Source: BFM TV
