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World AFP French writer jailed in Algeria won't appeal: supporters
Yahoo News
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French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal will not appeal his five-year prison sentence to Algeria's Supreme Court, sources close to the author said Saturday, as Paris stepped up its calls for him to be pardoned. The 80-year-old dual national was...
Mapped: The State of Freedom Around the World in 2025
Visual Capitalist
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July 5, 2025
The State of Freedom Around the World in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways Finland has the...
Native Sahrawis Fight to End Moroccan Occupation of Sahara at the UN
Truthout
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June 30, 2025
Morocco has occupied Western Sahara since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a...
Edwin Cortes: Prefers being a small Puerto Rican than big American, By Owei Lakemfa
Premium Times
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July 5, 2025
Cortes told me that as at today, his country is neither a state nor allowed independence. In the latest situation, the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation on 16 June entertained Hearings for the independence of Puerto Rico. Perhaps...
Wheeler Geologic Area Is One of Colorado’s Most Beautiful—and Least Accessible—Landscapes
5280 Magazine - Colorado
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July 2, 2025
The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. There are probably worse places I could have high-centered my truck. I hear the desert roads of the Western Sahara are quite remote. The old Pamir Highway...
Global Monitoring Center rejects Moroccan lobby's maneuvers to distort legitimate struggle of Sahrawi people
Sahara Press Service
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Washington, 2 July 2025 (SPS) – The Global Monitoring Center affirmed its opposition and rejection of the efforts of the Moroccan lobby in the United States aimed at distorting the legitimate struggle of the Sahrawi people. In a letter addressed...
France's stance ignores Sahrawi people's right to self-determination
Sahara Press Service
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Paris, 1 July 2025 (SPS) - Mohamed Ali Zerouali, the Polisario Front's representative in France, has sharply criticized Paris's position on the Western Sahara issue, condemning what he described as a "blind eye" to the Sahrawi people's right to...
Algeria’s Significant Role in Africa’s Wars of Liberation
OkayAfrica
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July 4, 2025
July 5th marks Algerian Independence Day. In 1962, it became the first African country to liberate itself from 132 years of French occupation and colonization, having waged an eight-year-long guerrilla war. But Algeria wasn’t done fighting...
The Hague Group revives the possibility of a new internationalism
Mail & Guardian
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July 3, 2025
A vigil remembering journalists killed in Palestine held at St.Georges Cathedral in Cape Town on 28 January 2024. Photo by Leanne Brady Imperialism is on a genocidal offensive in Gaza, and has recently bombed its way through Syria, Yemen, Lebanon...
Yeslem Beisat: Championing Sahrawi people’s foreign interests, By Owei Lakemfa
Premium Times
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June 29, 2025
Yeslem Beisat So, what is the current state of affairs? Beisat said that since November 2020 when Morocco again attacked Western Sahara, seizing more lands, hostilities between the two armies have resumed. He pointed out that while Morocco claims...
Family of French journalist sentenced in Algeria pleads for help from football superstar Zidane
Euronews
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Published on 04/07/2025 - 15:00 GMT+2•Updated 15:08 The family of a French sports journalist who has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria is calling for help from the sporting world and football superstar Zinédine Zidane, who is of...
Jailed French Journalist's Family Seeks Zidane's Help: 'It Would Be Great...'
News18
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July 4, 2025
Last Updated:July 04, 2025, 14:11 IST Sports journalist Christophe Gleizes got seven years in Algeria for an interview tied to a banned separatist group. His family seeks support from the sports community and Zidane. French football legend,...
Edwin Cortes: Prefers being a small Puerto Rican than big American
The News Chronicle
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July 4, 2025
To be a citizen of the United States, the universal superpower, largest economy, the world policeman, and God’s own country, is an opportunity millions across the earth would grab with both hands. So, to find a man who, as a right, does not want...
Family of journalist sentenced in Algeria seeks help from Zidane
The New Arab
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July 4, 2025
The family of Christophe Gleizes called on Zidane to get involved in supporting his release [LOU BENOIST/AFP via Getty Images] The family of a French sports journalist who has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria is calling for help...
Sports News | Family of French Journalist Sentenced in Algeria Pleads for Help from Soccer Great Zidane
Latestly
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July 4, 2025
Paris, Jul 4 (AP) The family of a French sports journalist who has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria is calling for help from the sporting world and soccer great Zinedine Zidane. Christophe Gleizes, a 36-year-old freelance...
Family of French journalist sentenced in Algeria pleads for help from soccer great Zidane
Associated Press
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July 4, 2025
PARIS (AP) — The family of a French sports journalist who has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria is calling for help from the sporting world and soccer great Zinédine Zidane. Christophe Gleizes, a 36-year-old freelance...
The elusive peace here and there
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 4, 2025
There are no fewer than seven theatres of war in the world today which have invited more than our passing attention. I am referring to the major ones which have been in focus for a while, much more so currently. These are Russian versus Ukraine;...
Rebuking 5-year sentence, France urges Algeria to pardon Sansal: What to know
Al-Monitor
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July 1, 2025
France’s prime minister called on Algeria to pardon an imprisoned dissident writer on Tuesday after an Algerian court upheld his five-year prison sentence. What happened: On Tuesday, an Algerian court upheld the five-year prison sentence for...
Further isolating Palestine, Trump tries bringing Syria into Abraham Accords
People's World
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July 1, 2025
Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, left, shakes hands with President Donald Trump, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025. At right, looking on, is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. | Bandar Aljaloud / Saudi Royal Palace via AP When...
Sahrawi issue: One of greatest unresolved injustices
Sahara Press Service
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Madrid, 29 June 2025 (SPS) – The Western Sahara issue remains one of the greatest unresolved injustices, despite the clarity of international law on the matter and UN Security Council resolutions calling for the Sahrawi people's right to...