Images of journalist and current Reporters Without Borders (RSF) representative in North Africa, Khaled Drareni - imprisoned between 2020 and 2021 - with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune have sparked controversy in Algeria. 🇲🇦🇩🇿| Tandis que le Maroc dégringole dans le classement de la liberté de la presse par RSF, le représentant de RSF pour l’Afrique du Nord, Khaled Drareni rencontre le Président algérien Abdelmadjid Tebboune à Alger. Dans un communiqué digne de Canal Algérie, l’ONG affirme que «… pic.twitter.com/dSK6wOLgj4 — Morocco Intelligence (@MoroccoIntel) May 4, 2023According to Maghreb Intelligence, Drareni was invited to a celebration organised by Algiers on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, which is ironic given the censorship and pressures on journalists in Algeria. "Khaled Drareni was subjected to enormous pressure from the security services and the Algerian government to 'accept a friendly gesture' towards President Tebboune," the portal notes. Cette rencontre parsemée de doute et qui s’inscrit au moment de la publication du classement farfelue de RSF sur la liberté de la presse en est la preuve irréfutable !

Source: The North Africa Journal May 06, 2023 14:57 UTC