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Boualem Sansal

Author Boualem Sansal welcomed in France after release from Algerian prison

The 76-year-old author — whose works have been critical of Islam, colonialism and contemporary Algerian leaders — was arrested at the airport in Algiers in November 2024 upon arrival from France

By AP · 19 November 2025

Pardoned writer Sansal to stay in Berlin until at least next week

By AFP · 14 November 2025

Update

Algeria pardons writer Boualem Sansal

By AFP · 12 November 2025

German president asks Algeria to pardon writer Boualem Sansal

By AFP · 10 November 2025

French writer Sansal jailed in Algeria still hopeful of pardon, supporters say

By AFP · 05 July 2025

Algerian court upholds writer’s 5-year sentence in a case that’s strained relations with France

By AP · 01 July 2025

Algeria prosecution seeks 10 years jail for writer Sansal on appeal

By AFP · 24 June 2025

Appeal in Algeria against jail term for writer Sansal

By AFP · 03 April 2025

Algeria slams French ‘interference’ over jailing of writer

By AFP · 07 January 2025

French President says Algeria ‘dishonors itself’ by holding novelist Boualem Sansal

By AFP · 06 January 2025

Algeria facing growing calls to release French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal

By AP · 28 November 2024

Algeria holds writer Boualem Sansal on national security charges: lawyer

By AFP · 26 November 2024

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