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An Algerian court of appeal on Sunday increased to seven years the prison term issued to a prominent media boss, but suspended two years, a watchdog and his lawyer said.
The court in Algiers also ordered during the public sentencing the dissolution of the company Interface Medias, the publisher behind El Kadi's two outlets, and the confiscation of its assets.
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.