An Algerian court Monday charged a journalist with “undermining national unity” and requested a three years in jail sentence. Zeghileche is the second Algerian journalist this month to be charged with undermining national unity. Journalist Khaled Drareni, correspondent of the French media TV5, was sentenced to three years in prison. Authorities claim he was not licensed to report for the French media from the North African country. Drareni was accused of covering Hirak, the popular weekly Algerian uprising against the regime of Bouteflika which started in February last year.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 18, 2020 12:56 UTC