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11h58, November 22, 2024modified to
12.05pm, November 22, 2024
According to a security source, the Franco-Algerian writer was presented to a public prosecutor and incarcerated in a penitentiary center around thirty kilometers from Algiers. His worried relatives have had no news since Friday evening.
What fate is reserved for the Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal? The writer left France last Saturday, before being arrested when he got off the plane. Algerian authorities have not officially confirmed or commented on this information. His relatives have had no news since Friday evening. According to information from Europe 1, he was presented this Thursday to the public prosecutor of Dar El Beida. It is the competent jurisdiction for Algiers international airport. The very place where he was arrested when he got off the plane from Paris.
The writer's phone line is inactive.
According to a security source close to the case, this prosecutor then notified him of his placement in pre-trial detention. And he would therefore have been incarcerated in the Koléa penitentiary establishment, a prison located around thirty kilometers from Algiers. Another clarification from a police source, Boualem Sansal owns a house in Boumerdès, a town located about sixty kilometers from Algiers. The shutters of this residence remained closed and no movement has been noted since last Saturday.
Furthermore, the writer's telephone line has not been reactivated since he left French territory. A detail confirmed from a diplomatic source, which therefore supports the theory of an arrest when he got off the plane. According to information from Europe 1, exchanges continue between the Consulate General of France and the Algerian authorities. In order to clarify, we tell Europe 1, “the current situation of this Franco-Algerian national”.
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