Algeria accused France on Tuesday of "unacceptable and blatant interference" after President Emmanuel Macron said Algiers was "dishonouring itself" by keeping French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal behind bars on national security charges.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot expressed serious doubts on Sunday regarding Algeria’s commitment to a previously agreed-upon roadmap for improving bilateral relations. This statement comes amidst the deteriorating Franco-Algerian relations following France’s support of Morocco’s claim over its Sahara and the growing concern over the ongoing imprisonment of Algerian writer Boualem Sansal.
The Algerian parliament on Tuesday criticized French President Emmanuel Macron for what it described as 'blatant interference' in the
French authorities have arrested three Algerian influencers living in France for making violent statements on social media. This comes as tensions are running high between France and Algeria.
The French interior minister has announced the arrest of a social media influencer from Algeria who is accused of calling for attacks in France.
French police have apprehended three Algerian social media influencers for allegedly posting incendiary videos amidst strained France-Algeria relations. The arrests, in different French cities, highlight ongoing diplomatic tensions and legal actions for promoting violence online,
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Algeria was "dishonouring itself" by holding French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, who was arrested in Algiers in November.
Police in France have arrested three Algerians, described by authorities as social media influencers, who are accused of posting videos inciting violence
“Zazou Youssef” and “Imad Tintin” have joined “the war waged in France by the Algerian regime”, Chawki Benzehra, an Algerian dissident who took refuge in France after taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations in 2019, told AFP. He accused the Algerian authorities of mobilising a “significant” number of influencers calling for “violence”.
An Algerian blogger who urged his followers to "burn alive, kill and rape" in France was taken into custody on Monday ahead of a trial set for early March. On Friday, Brahim was arrested outside the southeastern city of Grenoble after publishing a video urging followers to "burn alive,
Sansal, a French-Algerian novelist, was arrested at the Algiers airport in November and has been imprisoned in Algeria on national security charges.