- Organisation: Online Radio Network
- Case: Imprisonment
- Culprit: Authorities
- Country: Algeria
- City: Algiers
On August 24, former radio reporter Abdelkrim Zeghileche was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 100,000 dinars (US$788) on charges that he insulted Tebboune and “attacked national unity†according to news reports. Local freelance journalist Lynda Nacer, who is familiar with the case, told CPJ that the charges stemmed from Zeghileche’s criticism of the president on Facebook. Zeghileche’s sentencing comes on the heels of the August 10 conviction of Khaled Drareni, a correspondent for global press freedom group Reporters Without Borders and co-founder of the news website Casbah Tribune. Drareni was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 50,000 dinars (US$394) for “inciting an unarmed assembly†and “attacking national unity.†Drareni’s brother told CPJ at the time that the charges were related to his coverage of anti-government protests on social media, where the journalist has a large following.