French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of 500,000 dinars (€3,500) by the Dar El Beida Criminal Court in Algiers.  His 20-minute trial, which took place on March 20 without prior notice, ended with the prosecutor requesting a 10-year prison sentence and a fine of 1 million … Continue reading Algeria sentences French-Algerian writer to 5 years in prison, media call him a ‘false martyr’