The 42-year-old Algerian blogger and journalist who runs a website had been sentenced to two years in jail with a option of a fine for insulting
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. He was
reportedly said to have posted on Facebook allegations about the president, Algerian
officials and members of their families.
Mohamed Tamalt’s lawyer, Amine Sidhoum,
told AFP that he would lodge an appeal against the prison sentence and
the fine of 200,000 dinars ($1,800, 1,630 euros).
Tamalt, who lives in London, was
arrested in June during a visit to Algiers on charges of “offending the
president of the republic” and Algeria’s constitutional bodies, under
articles of the penal code, the lawyer said.
He was liable to a fine under the penal code but not a prison term, according to the lawyer.
There was no immediate official confirmation of the ruling.
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