The Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was placed under arrest warrant by the Dar El-Beïda court on November 25 after being held in police custody for almost a week in the premises of the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI). , namely the Algerian Internal Intelligence. Officially, the version communicated by the Algerian judicial authorities to his family, his relatives and his French lawyer affirms that the facts with which he is accused are based on article 87 bis of the penal code and remain relating to comments incriminated for violation of national unity and the territorial integrity of the Algerian state following an interview given to a media close to the French extreme right. These accusations could, moreover, earn him life in prison.
That said, it turns out that this “official” version is not entirely true. And for good reason, the real reasons for the arrest and imprisonment of the writer are not linked to his controversial declarations on the history of the borders of the Algerian state and the amputation of colonial France from an entire region having belonged in the past to the Kingdom of Morocco. These reproaches are in truth only the pretext to legally justify the arrest and detention of Boualem Sansal. However, the real reason why he was subjected to an in-depth investigation upon his arrest on November 16 at Algiers airport concerns his relations with the former French ambassador to Algiers, Xavier Driencourt, considered the devil himself. by the current Algerian regime because of its harsh criticism and hostile advocacy against the Algerian authorities to the media, elites and French authorities.
Upon his arrest, Boualem Sansal was entrusted to the Algerian DGSI, namely the secret services, so that he could be interviewed directly about his links, meetings and activities carried out with Xavier Driencourt. Boualem Sansal’s telephones and all electronic or computer tools were also quickly exploited, searched and analyzed. The investigation by the Algerian DGSI subsequently focused on Boualem Sansal’s Israeli and Moroccan contacts. According to our sources, during his custody, the Franco-Algerian writer was questioned for a long time and questioned about his links with French political figures and the conditions for his obtaining French nationality. The Algerian secret services also suspect that this naturalization was made possible following an intervention carried out by Xavier Driencourt.
On the other hand, the Algerian DGSI allegedly got its hands on a listing deemed “disturbing” by investigators of Boualem Sansal’s Israeli and Moroccan contacts. The Franco-Algerian writer has established solid relationships with numerous Moroccan and Israeli political figures; the exchanges deciphered by the Algerian DGSI relate to content that has been considered “subversive” because it conveys messages or information of very critical political order against the Tebboune Regime and some of its senior officials. Boualem Sansal is actually suspected of being a hidden “agent” of Israel, Morocco and the French lobbies most hostile to Algeria. It is for this reason that the Algerian magistrates also brought against him the charge of “conspiracy against the State Authority” based on his exchanges with Israeli and Moroccan contacts and his very friendly relationship. in depth with Xavier Driencourt.
