2025/2655(RSP)

Threat to freedom of expression in Algeria: the five-year prison sentence of French writer Boualem Sansal

Stage: Tabled for plenary, reached 2 Apr 2025
Procedure: Resolution
Last activity: 2 Apr 2025

1 entry · record as of 12 Oct 2026

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Latest: Debate in plenary, 2 Apr 2025.

2 Apr 2025
- Debate in plenary

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Parliament debated the five-year prison sentence handed to French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal by Algerian authorities, framing it as a threat to freedom of expression and press freedom in Algeria. MEPs raised concerns over Algeria's treatment of journalists, writers and dissidents, and over calls for EU institutions to press Algiers on human rights. A resolution is tabled for a plenary vote.

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