Algeria’s prosecutor general sought at an appeal hearing on Tuesday 10 years in prison for writer Boualem Sansal, doubling ...

The French-Algerian author was originally sentenced in March to five years in prison and a fine of 500,000 dinars.

A public prosecutor in Algeria has requested a 10-year prison sentence against French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal.

Algerian author Boualem Sansal speaks during the 62 edition of International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Credit: AP/Markus Schreiber ...

The prosecution of Boualem Sansal, who is around 80, prompted outrage from the global literary community and pleas from France for his release. By Ephrat Livni An Algerian French writer whose ...

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been sentenced to five years in prison in Algeria for undermining the country’s territorial integrity. Sansal was arrested in November last year at ...

French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal is facing five years in prison after a judge found him guilty of undermining national unity. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

The case against 76-year-old Boualem Sansal has become a flashpoint in growing tensions between the Algerian and French governments. French President Emmanuel Macron later Thursday called for his ...

The case against 76-year-old Boualem Sansal has become a flashpoint in growing tensions between the Algerian and French governments. French President Emmanuel Macron later Thursday called for his ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algeria on Thursday sentenced an award-winning French-Algerian writer to five years in prison over remarks that questioned the borders dividing Algeria from ...

French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal is facing five years in prison after a judge found him guilty of undermining national unity.