
Franco-Algerian Writer Jailed For Five Years
Given Boualem Sansal’s age and health, it could be a slow death sentence.
Given Boualem Sansal’s age and health, it could be a slow death sentence.
The shadow of Donald Trump’s policy of firmness towards the Latin American countries that initially refused to take back their nationals expelled from the U.S. hangs over Retailleau’s position.
Both the French judiciary and Algiers officials have fought to keep potential Algerian deportees in Europe.
Algiers is looking to “humiliate” Paris by blocking deportation efforts, the French interior minister said.
The Franco-Algerian author was in the crosshairs of a government he has vocally criticised.
His lawyer fears he will be persecuted if he returns to Algeria.
Diplomatic relations with Algeria quickly deteriorated into crisis, leading Algiers to withdraw its ambassador from Paris.
Several measures in the French immigration bill currently under discussion will not apply to Algerians, who have benefited from privileged status since 1968.
The move highlights Algeria’s geopolitical and economic reorientation toward Russia and China and away from the collective West.
The new Algeria-China partnership, along side Algeria’s growing military and economic relationship with Russia, feed into a regional conflict between Algeria and Morocco over Western Sahara.