Algeria: Algeria Sentences French Sports Journalist to Seven Years in Prison

[CPJ] New York -- Algerian authorities must immediately release freelance French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. An Algiers court sentenced him on June 29 to seven years in prison on charges of "glorifying terrorism" and "possessing propaganda publications harmful to the national interest."

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