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,

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.

ALGIERS, Algeria — Algerian lawmakers condemned the European Parliament for a resolution criticizing the arrest of French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal. Lawmakers from both chambers of the ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian lawmakers condemned the European Parliament for a resolution criticizing the arrest of French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal. Lawmakers from both chambers of ...

FILE - Algerian author Boualem Sansal, a members of the Jury, at the press conference speaks during the 62 edition of International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

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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