El Kadi’s website and radio station emerged as key channels during the North African nation’s 2019 Hirak protests. AdvertisementIn April, a court in Algiers gave him a 7-year sentence that included three years in prison and ordered his website and radio station shut down. The sentence was part of a growing list of criminal penalties given to journalists, reflecting the increasing difficulties they face throughout North Africa. I have no words,” El Kadi’s wife, Djamila Ait Yala, told The Associated Press after her husband’s appeal was rejected. El Kadi was taken into custody in December 2022.
