According to information from AFP confirmed by BFMTV, the writer Boulam Sansal was questioned by the anti-terrorism prosecutor's office in Algiers before being placed under arrest warrant.
The Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, arrested in Algeria, was interviewed by the anti-terrorism prosecutor's office in Algiers and was placed under a committal warrant, his lawyer François Zimeray announced to AFP this Tuesday, November 26, information confirmed by BFMTV.
Boualem Sansal, “who went to Algiers in confidence, is today placed in detention under article 87 bis of the Algerian penal code which punishes all attacks on state security”, said writes Me Zimeray.
Tense relations between France and Algeria
“The deprivation of liberty of an 80-year-old writer because of his writings is a serious act”, “whatever the injuries invoked and the sensitivities offended”, observed the lawyer.
What happened to Boualem Sansal, the Franco-Algerian writer at the heart of a conflict between the two countries?
Boualem Sansal was arrested at Algiers airport on November 16. The writer arrived from France. His arrest comes at a time when diplomatic relations are particularly tense between Paris and Algiers, since France said last July it supported the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara, a hotly contested territory.
Pauline Revenaz with Matthieu Heyman
France
