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

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

Algeria's prosecutor general sought at an appeal hearing on Tuesday 10 years in prison for novelist Boualem Sansal, doubling his current sentence, an AFP journalist in the courtroom reported.

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Algeria's prosecutor general sought at an appeal hearing on Tuesday 10 years in prison for novelist Boualem Sansal, doubling his current sentence, an AFP journalist in the courtroom reported.. The ...