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Top Algeria journalist in pretrial detention over funding charges

Reporters Without Borders condemned Ihsane El Kadi's arrest and called on authorities to 'free him and respect the work of the media' [File: Wikimedia Commons]

A prominent Algerian journalist has been remanded into custody under a state security law, according to the news outlets he directs.

“Journalist Ihsane El Kadi, who was arrested Friday night … has been placed in pretrial detention” by an investigating judge in Algiers, the news website Maghreb Emergent said on Thursday.

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