Overview

• An Algerian court sentenced Christophe Gleizes to seven years for “apologie du terrorisme” on June 29, with RSF and So Press lodging an appeal the next day.
• After his conviction, he was transferred to Tizi Ouzou prison, where he will await a new trial during the October criminal session.
• The French Foreign Ministry formally regretted the sentence, submitting a request for visitation rights at the prison.
• Dozens of French journalist societies issued a statement on July 1 calling for his immediate release as an unacceptable violation of press freedom.
• Authorities cited Gleizes’s past contacts with a Kabylie club official linked to the MAK movement, designated a terrorist organization in 2021, in applying anti-terrorism laws to his reporting.