RSF calls for release of journalist Christophe Gleizes
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling for the release of French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, detained in Algeria for nearly 500 days. Its director general, Thibaut Bruttin, believes the detention could be part of a diplomatic dispute between Paris and Algiers, in an interview with France 24.
The director general of Reporters Without Borders, Thibaut Bruttin, is calling for the release of French journalist Christophe Gleizes, detained in Algeria for nearly 500 days. He believes the detention could be part of a diplomatic game between states, even questioning whether the journalist may have become a “state hostage”, in an interview with France 24.
Christophe Gleizes’s relatives and journalists specialising in sport have campaigned for his release. The case has also attracted the attention of Zinédine Zidane, manager of the French football team, France 24 reports.
Christophe Gleizes has been detained for 500 days in Algeria, according to information reported by France 24. His detention had already been covered in the account of his 500 days in prison and in the article about his detention for 500 days in Algeria.
