During a trip to Nantes, to the visa sub-directorate, the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau expressed to the press his “ stupefaction » after the dismissal of the Algerian influencer Doualemn by the Algerian authorities, expelled from France and brought back to French territory the same evening. “ With Algeria, we have reached an extremely worrying threshold “, declared the member of the government, emphasizing that “ Algeria seeks to humiliate France “. In response to this incident, he added that France must “ evaluate all the means that are available [sa] disposition towards Algeria ”, without specifying the measures envisaged.
“Doulemn had an up-to-date biometric passport. He was therefore reappointed and the Algerian authorities did not want to let him land on their soil in total contradiction with the rules, with the international convention of Chicago which recalls that countries are accountable for their own nationals. Proof that he was an Algerian national was established by means of a valid biometric passport. So this is absolutely unacceptable,” Bruno Retailleau said.
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“Algeria cited a motive without producing any proof. The two police officers who escorted the influencer got off the plane, they were presented with legal arguments without ever providing them with proof in terms of law », continued the Minister of the Interior.
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-Incitement to violence against opponents of the regime
Doualemn, a 59-year-old Algerian influencer, followed by 138,000 subscribers on TikTok, is currently being held at the administrative detention center (CRA) in Mesnil-Amelot, in Seine-et-Marne, awaiting his judgment scheduled for February 24 in Montpellier. This decision follows the broadcast of a controversial video calling for the torture of an opponent of the Algerian regime, which led to the withdrawal of his residence permit and his expulsion, later blocked by Algiers.
The affair is part of an already tense diplomatic context between France and Algeria, amplified by the recent arrest of the writer Boualem Sansal. Other Algerian influencers were also arrested, such as Youcef A., alias “Zazou Youssef”, arrested in Brest for advocating terrorism.
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