Undated photo of Christophe Gleizes. PHOTO COURTESY OF AFP
The mother of a French sports journalist jailed in Algeria on terror charges he denies said on Tuesday, May 5, that he had dropped his appeal to the country's top court, hoping for a presidential pardon. Christophe Gleizes, 37, was sentenced to seven years in jail in June last year for "glorifying terrorism."
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An appeals court upheld that decision in December, and his lawyers initially sought a new trial with the country's highest court. Gleizes's mother, Sylvie Godard, also wrote a letter to Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune asking him to pardon her son. Godard said Tuesday her son had now withdrawn his appeal.
