PARIS: France’s President Emmanuel Macron will work toward the release of a French journalist in jail in Algeria “as soon as possible,” his office said Thursday, a day after an Algerian court confirmed his incarceration. An appeals court upheld a seven-year prison term against Christophe Gleizes, a sports journalist who was jailed in June on terrorism-related charges. Gleizes, 36, is France’s only journalist imprisoned abroad, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). His jailing comes at a time of diplomatic friction between France and its former colony Algeria.

Sports journalist Christophe Gleizes has been detained in Algeria since 2024, accused of 'glorifying terrorism.' The ruling dashed hopes raised by a recent diplomatic thaw and…

PARIS: The French government on Wednesday criticized the decision by an Algerian court to uphold a seven-year jail sentence for French journalist Christophe Gleizes despite its…