A court in Algeria has upheld Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal's five-year prison sentence in a case that has raised alarm over freedom of expression in Algeria and pushed tensions with ...

The writer, Boualem Sansal, an outspoken author who is critical of Islamic fundamentalism and of the Algerian government, was born in Algeria and became a French citizen last year.

Boualem Sansal, trained as an engineer and with a doctorate in economics, belongs to a generation of post-independence, Berber-origin, Francophone, separation of mosque-and-state liberals who ...

The case against 76-year-old Boualem Sansal has become a flashpoint in growing tensions between the Algerian and French governments. French President Emmanuel Macron later Thursday called for his ...

FILE - Boualem Sansal speaks during the 62 edition of International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) ...

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been sentenced to five years in prison in Algeria for undermining the country’s territorial integrity. Sansal was arrested in November last year at ...

"Boualem Sansal's arbitrary detention, on top of his worrying health situation, is one of the elements that need to be settled before confidence (between our countries) can be fully restored ...

The case against 76-year-old Boualem Sansal has become a flashpoint in growing tensions between the Algerian and French governments. French President Emmanuel Macron later Thursday called for his ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algeria on Tuesday upheld French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal’s five-year prison sentence in a case that has raised alarm over freedom of expression in ...