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Mother of Jailed French Journalist Appeals to Algerian President for Pardon
Christophe Gleizes faces a seven-year sentence after conviction for glorifying terrorism; his lawyers seek a new trial amid diplomatic tensions between France and Algeria.
- On December 10, Sylvie Godard, mother of Christophe Gleizes, asked President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to pardon her son from his seven-year sentence, writing, `I respectfully ask you to consider granting Christophe a pardon, so that he may regain his freedom and his family.`
- Gleizes was arrested while travelling to northeastern Kabylia to report on Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie and was convicted of glorifying terrorism in June after meeting the MAK leader in 2021.
- An Algerian appeals court upheld Gleizes's seven-year sentence this month, a decision his mother called `incomprehensible` while Gleizes's lawyers seek a new trial.
- Amid diplomatic friction between Paris and Algiers, Gleizes's arrest occurred during a crisis marked by the withdrawal of two ambassadors and reciprocal expulsions after France last year backed Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.
- Rights group Reporters Without Borders says Gleizes is France's only imprisoned journalist abroad, and Emmanuel Macron, President of France, has vowed to work for his release.
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The collaborator of "So Foot" never wrote "any statement hostile to Algeria and its people", defends Sylvie Godard, calling on the "high benevolence" of Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
The mother of Christophe Gleizes, sentenced on appeal to 7 years in prison in Algeria, sent a request for pardon to the president of the country. The journalist filed an appeal in cassation against his conviction in order to obtain a new trial. - Christophe Gleizes imprisoned: the mother of the journalist calls the Algerian president to pardon his son (Police, justice and other facts).
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Laminute.infoFrench sports journalist Christophe Gleizes was sentenced in early December in Algeria to seven years in prison on appeal.
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