Little space for dissent as Algeria sends researcher, journalist to jail

Algeria is one of the world's biggest producers of oil, and revenues have increased since the Russian invasion of Ukraine [File: Ramzi Boudina/Reuters]

Canadian-Algerian researcher Raouf Farrah and Algerian journalist Mustapha Bendjama have both been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a court in the Algerian city of Constantine on charges of publishing sensitive state information.

Farrah was also convicted on Tuesday of receiving funds from foreign powers for the purposes of undermining state security.