BERLIN: French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal is expected to remain in Berlin until at least the beginning of next week, a source with knowledge of his case told AFP Friday.
Sansal, 81, arrived for medical treatment in Germany on Wednesday after Algeria agreed to a German request that he be pardoned and released on humanitarian grounds.
The source described Sansal as “euphoric” over his pardon and release and said he was “well considering the circumstances.”
He had been given a five-year jail term in March on charges of undermining Algeria’s territorial integrity over remarks he made in the French media.
According to his family, Sansal has prostate cancer.
