US EditionJailed French Journalist Files Appeal in Algeria's Top Court: Lawyers
Christophe Gleizes seeks a retrial after a seven-year sentence for 'glorifying terrorism,' amid diplomatic tensions and calls for his release by French officials and rights groups.
- On Sunday, December 14, Christophe Gleizes, French journalist, filed an appeal at the Court of Cassation seeking a new trial, his lawyers said, with Amirouche Bakouri confirming the filing.
- Earlier this month, an appeals court upheld a seven-year term after Christophe Gleizes was convicted of `glorifying terrorism` in June following his arrest in Tizi Ouzou, Kabylia region.
- At this month's appeal hearing Gleizes said he did not know the MAK had been listed and asked forgiveness for his `journalistic mistakes`, citing his 2021 Paris meeting with the MAK leader and reporting trip to Kabylia.
- Rights groups and the French government responded, with Reporters Without Borders denouncing the ruling as French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to seek his release.
- Gleizes' case comes amid diplomatic tensions as Paris and Algiers' friction began last year over the Western Sahara dispute, with major outlets including Le Monde with AFP covering the case.
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The French journalist had until 14 December to file his appeal. From now on, Christophe Gleizes' family hopes for a pardon from the Algerian president, when French diplomacy is active in a tense complex between Algiers and Paris.
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petitbleu.frFrench journalist Christophe Gleizes, sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria, filed an appeal in cassation to obtain a new trial, announced his lawyers on Sunday night.
The Court of Appeal of Tizi-Ouzou in Algeria confirmed on 3 December a sentence of seven years' imprisonment for the French reporter, a collaborator of the magazines "So Foot" and "Society".
French and Algerian lawyers of the French journalist announced this Sunday that they had filed an appeal in cassation to obtain a new trial. Christophe Gleizes was sentenced to 7 years in prison for "apology of terrorism"
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