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Journalist Abdelali Mezghiche sentenced to three years in prison

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Algerian journalist Abdelali Mezghiche was sentenced on 8 November 2026 to three years in prison and fined 200,000 dinars by the Chéraga court in Algiers. His lawyer Abdellah Haboul announced an appeal before the Algiers court, according to Maghreb Emergent.

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