Algerian court sentences exiled author Kamel Daoud to 5 years in absentia

An Algerian court sentenced author Kamel Daoud and his wife to five years in prison in absentia, marking a second such conviction. The ruling, issued while Daoud resides in France, escalates legal pressure on a prominent critic of the Algerian state. The move signals continued judicial targeting of dissidents abroad, though enforcement remains limited by Daoud's exile.

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