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Algeria Sentences Journalist to 5 Years in Prison on Charges of Receiving Foreign Funds

A photo taken from Kasbah hill overlooking Algiers on November 3, 2022, shows a general view of the Algerian capital on the Mediterranean sea. (AFP)

A court in Algeria on Sunday sentenced Ihsane El-Kadi, a prominent journalist in the country, to five years in prison, accusing him of receiving foreign funds with an aim to threaten state security.

In addition, the court ruled that Interface Media, which operates Maghreb Emergent and Webradio, be dissolved and pay a fine of 10 million Algerian dinars ($40,000).

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