Boualem Sansal will speak for the first time since his release on Sunday evening on France 2

After his release and return to France, the French-Algerian writer will give his first interview at 8 p.m. newspaper on Sunday and will answer questions from Laurent Delahousse.

He was pardoned on November 12 by Algeria after one year in prison. French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal will speak for the first time since his release on Sunday, November 23, at 8 p.m. news on France 2, France Télévisions announced in a press release. “After he was released and returned to France (Tuesday), he will give his first interview to France Télévisions and answer questions from Laurent Delahousse”announce a public group.

Imprisoned in Algeria for a year for certain positions in his home country, Boualem Sansal, 81, was released on November 12. He was pardoned by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who responded favorably to requests from German authorities. The author, who was at the heart of the diplomatic crisis between Algeria and Paris, returned to France on Tuesday, after first being transferred to Berlin for medical treatment. He was received by Emmanuel Macron on his return.

Boualem Sansal “recognizing that he is in a context characterized by difficult Franco-Algerian relations and that this context may weigh on his public expression”Arnaud Benedetti, founder of his support committee, who spoke to him by telephone on Friday, told AFP. According to Arnaud Benedetti, after France 2, Boualem Sansal should speak on Monday on radio and in national dailies. “This is a media program that I think is quite structured”is credited with founding the support committee, which is chaired by former minister Noëlle Lenoir.