Boualem Sansal, arrested in mid-November in Algeria, was interviewed by the Algiers anti-terrorism prosecution and was placed under arrest warrant on Tuesday, November 26, “under article 87 bis of the Algerian penal code which punishes all attacks on state security”his lawyer said in a press release. The Franco-Algerian writer, fighting against religious fundamentalism and authoritarianism, has criticized Algerian leaders on numerous occasions and appealed his detention.
On TikTok, a young woman presenting herself as an Algerian from France welcomed the detention of Boualem Sansal, in a video which has been viewed more than half a million times, provoking strong reactions on social networks. “I salute the Algerian government for the arrest of this man who is a harmful person who has nothing to do on Algerian territory”she indicated. And throw: “Boualem Sansal is a child of harki. This man who could be described as a useful idiot of the French press […] is a very close friend of Éric Zemmour, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan ».
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His book The German Villagewas censored in Algeria for its very critical positions on the government. The TikToker, whose account is called “aniaaafrk », added: “It was censored because it compared Islam with Nazism. So you understood that this person was pro-State which is committing genocide”.
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Many political and cultural figures in France have called for the release of the Franco-Algerian writer, denouncing an attack on freedom of expression. The Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, wrote on X this Thursday: “The detention without serious basis of a writer is never acceptable. As indicated by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, the State is mobilized so that Boualem Sansal is released and can reunite with his family in France as soon as possible.
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