His detention ended as it began on November 16, 2024 by the arbitrariness of a single man: Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The President of Algeria suddenly decided to pardon Boualem Sansal, wanting to appear as an absolute ruler, an expert on watches and his relations with France. Boualem Sansal must be released before his detention time reaches one year, an embarrassing threshold in the face of public opinion and international authorities. “Cost benefits /the risk of Sansal’s case becoming too great, not to mention the fear of dying in prison“, we insist on the Quai d’Orsay.
Above all, liberation should not look like kneeling on the ground, facing France. “Only one thing matters in this story: that Algeria can keep its face.” outlined the negotiators at the heart of the case.
Tricolor diplomacy quickly understood that we needed to move away from the almost psychoanalytic confrontation between France and Algeria, which got out of hand after the decision taken by Macron, in the summer of 2024, to recognize the Moroccan nature of the Western Sahara. The release of Boualem Sansal must be done por
