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Activist Amira Bouraoui sentenced to 10 years in prison by Algerian court

[File photo] French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui on 14 April 2014 in Algiers. Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images - Nacerdine ZEBAR

An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui to 10 years in prison, in a case that sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries.

Amira Bouraoui, who fled to France through Tunisia in February, was sentenced in absentia for an "illegal exit from the territory", one of the defence lawyers told Algerian media.

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