Overview
- An appeals panel in Tizi Ouzou confirmed the June verdict, rejecting a prosecutor’s request at the hearing to raise the term to ten years.
- Algerian authorities convicted Gleizes of apologie du terrorisme and possession of propaganda publications, citing contacts linked to the MAK and his entry on a tourist visa.
- In court, the 36-year-old apologized, acknowledged visa and reporting errors, and pleaded for clemency.
- President Emmanuel Macron expressed deep concern and said France will press Algerian authorities for Gleizes’s liberation and return, as politicians across parties publicly urged his release.
- The defense is weighing a cassation appeal within eight days while relatives and supporters call for a presidential pardon, with football bodies and clubs joining a sector-wide mobilization.