Jailed Brother of Algeria's Ex-President Launches AppealSaid Bouteflika. (AFP file photo)Asharq Al-AwsatAn Algerian military court Sunday started hearing an appeal against the 15-year jail term for the brother of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was brought down amid anti-regime protests last year. The appeals hearing opened in the mid-morning under tight security and behind closed doors at the Military Court of Appeal in Blida, south of Algiers, according to local media. Also in court to appeal their jail terms were two former intelligence chiefs and a former political party leader. Said Bouteflika allegedly wanted the intelligence bosses to dismiss the army chief of staff at the time, General Ahmed Gaid Salah.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 10, 2020 05:48 UTC