One more step in the crisis. Algeria violently rejected France’s accusations this Saturday, January 11, after the return to Paris of an Algerian influencer deported to his country from France, attacking the French government in his comments.
“Algeria is, in no way, engaged in a logic of escalation, one-upmanship or humiliation”estimated the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release. “The vengeful and hateful extreme right, as well as its certified heralds within the French government, are currently leading a campaign of disinformation, even mystification, against Algeria”he added.
On Friday, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said that “Algeria seeks to humiliate France”. “By keeping our cool […] we must now evaluate all the means at our disposal, vis-à-vis Algeria,” he added.
“Doualemn”, a 59-year-old influencer, was arrested in Montpellier, in the south of France, after a contentious video on TikToK and put on a plane Thursday afternoon for Algeria from where he was returned to France the same evening, Algeria having “inadmissible”according to the Ministry of the Interior.
The Algerian ministry specifies that in the face of “overruns” and to “violations of acquired rights” by this national on French territory, “the Algerian decision in this case is driven by the desire to enable him to respond to the accusations brought against him, to assert his rights and to defend himself within the framework of a fair and equitable judicial process on French territory” .
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