Overview

• Boualem Sansal, detained in Algeria since November 2024, is on trial for charges including 'attacking national unity' and 'outrage to a constituted institution.'
• The Algerian prosecutor has requested a 10-year prison term and a fine of one million dinars, with the verdict expected on March 27, 2025.
• Sansal has renounced his legal defense and defended his actions as expressions of free speech during the trial proceedings.
• French supporters have organized a protest in Paris on March 25, 2025, describing the sentence request as equivalent to a 'death sentence.'
• The case has heightened diplomatic tensions between France and Algeria, with French President Emmanuel Macron advocating for Sansal's release and emphasizing the humanitarian urgency.