BSS
  30 Jun 2025, 21:22

French football journalist appeals sentence in Algeria: lawyer

Collected photo

ALGIERS, June 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Christophe Gleizes, a prominent French 
sports journalist convicted in Algeria of "glorifying terrorism", has 
appealed his seven year prison sentence, his lawyer told AFP. 

"I just filed an appeal" with the Tizi Ouzou Court, said lawyer Salah 
Brahimi, referring to the city where the journalist has been imprisoned since 
being convicted on Sunday.