Prominent Algerian journalist s appeal postponed until March
By AFP
FEB 25, 2021
Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni greeted by supporters upon his release on February 19. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)
Algeria s supreme court Thursday postponed until late March the appeal of prominent journalist Khaled Drareni, jailed after covering anti-government protests a year ago, local media reported.
The court postponed until March 25 the decision to re-examine the case of journalist Khaled Drareni for a new ruling , reported the Casbah Tribune, an online news site that Drareni founded.
The correspondent for French-language TV5 Monde and press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) was provisionally released after almost a year in prison last Friday.
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Wuhan Residents, Intl Groups Pay Tribute 1 Year After Chinese Whistleblower Doctor’s Death
Thousands of Chinese netizens and scores of international rights groups paid tribute to Chinese whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang on Feb. 7, marking the one-year anniversary of his death from the virus that he had sought to warn other doctors about.
Li, an ophthalmologist, was one of eight whistleblowers who warned on Chinese social media in late December 2019 about an “unknown pneumonia” outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Local authorities didn’t welcome the warning and only confirmed the outbreak after the doctors’ posts went viral.
He was summoned on Jan. 3, 2020, to a police station, where he was reprimanded for “rumor-mongering” and forced to sign a “confession statement.” The document accused him of “disturbing social order” and “breaking the law” for his online activities. It warned that he would be “punished by the law” if he continued such “illeg