Overview

• Christophe Gleizes was handed a seven-year prison sentence on June 29 after being convicted of praising terrorism during his reporting on a Kabylie football club.
• His family spoke publicly for the first time on July 3, with his brother Maxime saying they remain in shock over the verdict.
• Around forty journalists’ societies and unions have urged French authorities to act immediately to repatriate him.
• Reporters sans frontières launched an online petition that has gathered more than 11,000 signatures demanding his release.
• He remains detained in Tizi Ouzou prison pending an appeal hearing scheduled for October.