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Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years behind bars

Reporters without borders (RSF) has denounced the charges against sports journalist Christophe Gleizes as "baseless". © RSF

Algerian authorities have sentenced a prominent French sports journalist to seven years in prison for "glorifying terrorism", media rights campaigners RSF have said, denouncing the verdict as "nonsensical". Christophe Gleizes, who contributes to the So Foot magazine, will file an appeal on Monday.

Gleizes, 36, was ordered by the court in Tizi Ouzou, northern Algeria, to be immediately incarcerated, RSF said Sunday.

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