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,

The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution urging the release of writer Boualem Sansal, who has been imprisoned in Algeria since November, along with other critics of the Algerian government.

The European Parliament has approved a resolution condemning systematic repression of human rightsin Iran. The resolution, tabled by Labour MEP Daniel Attard and others, denounces the Iranian regime’s repression of human rights and persecution of minorities. It also called for increased financial support for Iranian civil society.

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.

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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