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Ihsane el-Kadi, 63, saw his sentence increased on Sunday to seven years in prison, including five years closed by the Algiers Court of Appeal. At the...

Parliament’s lower house has already approved the bill, which will force journalists to reveal their sources.

(Ecofin Agency) - Iconic journalist Ihsane El-Gadi of the Independent Algerian Press was sentenced to 5 years in prison, including 3 years for "foreign

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El Kadi has to serve three years of his sentence in prison. His media company has been shuttered and heavily fined.

Authorities must release journalist Ihsane El Kadi and drop charges against him to protect free speech and independent media in Algeria.

ALGIERS — A prominent Algerian journalist was remanded in custody under a state security law, news outlets he directs reported on Thursday."Journalist Ihsane El Kadi, who was arrested on Friday night... has been placed in pretrial detention" by an investigating judge in Algiers, news website Maghreb Emergent said.It added that he was being detained under a law relating to

Ihsane El Kadi, who owns a media group and is a vocal critic of the government, has been placed in pretrial detention.

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