Algerian President Condemns Jailed Writer Boualem Sansal as 'Impostor Sent by France'
Boualem Sansal, an 80-year-old Franco-Algerian author, remains imprisoned in Algeria on charges of state subversion, as President Tebboune escalates anti-French rhetoric.
- Boualem Sansal, a prominent Franco-Algerian author and critic of the Algerian government, has been detained since mid-November on charges of undermining state security.
- Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune publicly labeled Sansal an 'impostor' allegedly sent by France, referencing the author's controversial remarks on Algerian-Moroccan territorial disputes.
- Sansal, author of '2084: The End of the World,' was recently naturalized as a French citizen and is currently being held in a medical unit due to his deteriorating health and advanced age.
- The writer's detention has drawn international criticism, with a broad coalition of intellectuals and public figures urging France and the European Union to intervene for his release.
- Tensions between Algeria and France have intensified, with Tebboune using Sansal's case to amplify anti-colonial rhetoric and criticize French support for Morocco in the Western Sahara conflict.
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