Algerian lawmakers have condemned the European Parliament for a resolution criticizing the arrest of French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal

The European Union Parliament adopted on Thursday a resolution calling for the immediate release of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who has been detained in Algeria since November. “Sansal must be immediately and unconditionally released,

The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution urging the release of writer Boualem Sansal, who has been imprisoned in Algeria since November, along with other critics of the Algerian government.

The European Parliament on Thursday approved a resolution calling for Sansal's immediate release, calling it a human rights violation. The two countries are also at loggerheads over the fate of Boualem Sansal, a 75-year-old French-Algerian writer and ...

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Rabat - The European Union Parliament adopted on Thursday a resolution on the abysmal state of human rights in Algeria, particularly decrying the arrest of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal.

Algerian lawmakers accused the European Parliament of political inference. They have also cast doubt on whether their motivations had to do with French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal's well-being or “harming the image of Algeria.