France: mobilization for the release of Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni

The call for the release of Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni in front of the Algerian embassy, ​​in Paris, this Wednesday, August 12, 2020. Camille Kauffmann / RFI

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In France, a mobilization for the release of Khaled Drareni gathered about twenty people Wednesday in front of the Algerian embassy in Paris. Three years in prison were required against the Algerian journalist for, among other things, "attacking the integrity of the national territory" after having covered, on March 7 in Algiers, a demonstration during the Covid-19 epidemic.

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He was put in prison for his beliefs, for his job in fact. He did nothing, he just informed. I have no words. It's just shocking. It is really freedom that is crushed, that is violated.

Report on the demonstration in support of Khaled Drareni

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Khaled Drareni covered in particular the demonstrations of "Hirak", the popular uprising against the Algerian power .

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