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Boualem Sansal

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Boualem Sansal Says Algeria Revoked His Citizenship, Declares He Is Now Only French

The declaration signals a decisive break with Algiers after prosecution, pardon, then recognition in France.

Boualem Sansal Elected to the Académie Française in Overwhelming First-Round Vote

Boualem Sansal Enters Race for Académie Française Seat No. 3 as Jan. 29 Vote Nears

Boualem Sansal Breaks Silence After Release, Describes Harsh Detention and Measured Tone

Boualem Sansal Returns to France After Pardon and Meets Macron at the Élysée

Boualem Sansal Stays in Berlin for Medical Checks After Pardon

Algeria Pardons Boualem Sansal and Transfers Him to Germany for Treatment

Algeria Pardons Boualem Sansal as Germany Takes Him for Medical Care

Algerian Writer Boualem Sansal Pardoned, Flown to Germany for Treatment

Algeria Pardons Writer Boualem Sansal, Approves Medical Transfer to Germany

Germany’s President Urges Algeria to Pardon Imprisoned Writer Boualem Sansal

A Year After His Arrest, Fresh Calls to Free Algerian Novelist Boualem Sansal

Belgian Royal Academy Elects Imprisoned Writer Boualem Sansal

Sansal Rejects Far-Right Sakharov Nomination as Support Committee Challenges Publisher

Sansal’s Daughter Rebukes Paris and Urges Global Push for the Jailed Writer’s Release

Algeria Refuses to Pardon Boualem Sansal as Europe Rallies to His Defense

Algeria Bars Clemency for Boualem Sansal After Appeal Upholds Five-Year Term

Boualem Sansal Drops Appeal as Pardon Exclusion Makes Sentence Final

Algeria Bars Boualem Sansal From Independence-Day Amnesty After Sentence Becomes Final

Algerian Appeals Court Upholds Boualem Sansal’s Five-Year Prison Term