Amira Bouraoui case: Algeria recalls its ambassador to France
Activist Amira Bouraoui on her release from Kolea prison, near Tipaza in Algeria, July 2, 2020. (photo illustration) AFP - RYAD KRAMDI
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Algeria recalled Wednesday, February 8, its ambassador to France.
A reminder “
for consultations
” according to the official formula.
Algiers declares to "
protest firmly against the exfiltration
" described as "
clandestine and illegal
" of an Algerian national, Amira Bouraoui, to France.
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With our correspondent in Algiers,
Fayçal Metaoui
Algeria accuses France of having clandestinely exfiltrated the Franco-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui, from Tunis to Lyon, on Monday February 6.
The Algerian presidency announced in a press release published on Wednesday February 8 that Said Moussi, Algeria's ambassador to Paris, has been recalled to Algiers “
for consultation
” with immediate effect.
In an official note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Algeria strongly protested against "
the clandestine and illegal exfiltration, by diplomatic, consular and security personnel of the French State in Tunisia, of an Algerian national whose physical presence on the national territory is prescribed by the Algerian justice
”.
Algeria, which evokes the violation of its national sovereignty, rejects this “
inadmissible
” development which causes “
great damage
” to Algerian-French relations.
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Amira Bouraoui
, known for her positions critical of power, was the subject, according to the press, of a ban on leaving the national territory by court order.
The activist was sentenced to two years in prison in May 2021 for "
attacking the person of the President of the Republic
" without a warrant.
A sentence that must be served in May 2023.
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