The French journalist, Christophe Gleizes, detained in Algeria back in 2024, on terror charges, maybe elibgible for a presidential pardon.
This was relayed by the journalist’s lawyer on Wednesday, after Algeria’s top appeals court turned down prosecutors' calls for a harsher sentence.
The court ultimately made the notion of a presidential pardon viable.
"A decisive step has just been taken regarding the legal situation of Mr Christophe Gleizes," lawyers Amirouche Bakouri and Emmanuel Daoud said in the joint statement.
"The future of Mr Christophe Gleizes now falls under the prerogatives of the president of the republic," the lawyers added.
