Christophe Gleizes, a French journalist sentenced in
Algeria to seven years in prison for allegedly glorifying terrorism, has filed a cassation appeal seeking a new trial before the
Court of Cassation. His case, denounced as unjust by
Emmanuel Macron, criticized by
Reporters Without Borders and supported by
French diplomats and lawyers, has become a symbol of press freedom concerns and judicial opacity in
Algeria. The affair is deeply entangled with strained Franco-Algerian relations, which have been aggravated by France’s support for
Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara and
Algeria’s sensitivity regarding the Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylie, designated a terrorist organization by Algiers.