French writer imprisoned the style due to Morocco’s comments

The Algerian court sentenced an 80 -year -old writer to five years in prison after being accused of undermining regional integrity in the country.

Boualem Sansal was arrested last year after saying in an interview with a French media outlet, the far right, during the colonial era, France gave many lands to Algeria and a few Morocco.

He also said that the disputed lands in Western Sahara were historically from Morocco.

During his detention, the French author spent the style of hospitalization due to health disorder.

His case has sparked a wave of support from intellectuals and politicians, including the Nigerian Nigerian Prize author, Wall Soyka, and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Macron said in February.

The writer finds himself in the midst of a deep diplomatic class, according to his friends.

A committee of his supporters in France said: “He has become a bid for the turbulent relationship between Paris and Jizon,” said one of his supporters in France.

Algeria was once a valuable French colony and fought a vibrant war of independence, and its sovereignty won in 1962.

Relations between the two countries have always been strained, but it reached the lowest new level in the past year, when France supported the demand of Morocco with West Sahara, as Algeria supports the Polisario Group fighting for the independence of the region.

Algeria responded to that slight by withdrawing its ambassador to Paris.

Three years ago, Algeria cut diplomatic relations with Morocco.

After the court’s ruling on Wednesday, the lawyer of Sansal appealed to the Algerian president, Abdel Alam Tebon, to show the “humanity” of the writer.

Sansal is famous for his anti -Islamic views and is an explicit critic of the Algerian government.

His critics say he is loved on the extreme right that displays their biases.

The high right -wing French leader Marine Le Pen Sansal described as “a fighter for freedom and brave opponent of Islam.”

He was reported at the age of 75, but his publisher Galimard says he was actually 80.

Sansal works, known 2084 – include satire on religious extremism that won the Great Dirt Award at the French Academy in Frankovone a decade ago.

His next novel, Vivre, will be published in May and tells the story of a selection of people who were chosen to colonize a new planet as the Earth approaches the end of the world.

Participated in additional reports from Marcus Erbi