Overview

• Gleizes remains held in Tizi Ouzou after a June 29 conviction to seven years on charges including “apologie du terrorisme” and possession of publications deemed propaganda.
• His parents saw him on August 12 and again on August 21, reporting good physical condition and strong morale but a deep sense of being cut off from the outside world.
• They say he keeps fit through intensive exercise and has respectful relations with prison staff and his cellmate.
• The family expects an appeal date by late September with a possible hearing in October, yet visas for relatives and his French lawyer Emmanuel Daoud are in doubt, and his brother was refused a visa this week.
• Reporters Without Borders and supporters continue to mobilize, while his family denounces the charges as absurd and contends he is a collateral victim of strained France–Algeria relations.