Prominent journalist, Ihsane El Kadi, was sentenced to three years in prison by an Algerian court, on Sunday (April 2) for “foreign financing of his business”, reported AFP. The case has been criticised by rights groups for months now, as many have urged Algeria to lift “unacceptable” restrictions on his media outlets.
Ihsane El-Kadi, who was active in Hirak pro-democracy protest movement in 2019, appears to be the latest target of crackdown on dissenting voices in North African country
An Algerian court on Sunday sentenced prominent journalist Ihsane El Kadi to three years in prison for "foreign financing of his business" in a case denounced by rights groups.
ALGIERS: An Algerian court has sentenced prominent journalist Ihsane El-Kadi to three years in prison for “foreign financing of his business” in a case denounced by rights groups, AFP reported. El-Kadi, one of the last independent media bosses in the North African nation as director of the Maghreb Emergent news website and Radio M, was handed a five-year sentence, two years of