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| − | Merzoug Touati was convicted over a Facebook post and an online video interview. File photo taken on April 29, 2018<br><br>An Algerian blogger has appealed against a 10-year prison term, his lawyer said on Sunday, after global rights groups condemned the severity of the sentence.<br><br>Merzoug Touati was convicted on Thursday of providing intelligence to "agents of a foreign power" likely to damage Algeria, by a court in Bejaia, east of Algiers.<br><br>The 30-year-old blogger submitted his appeal the following day and was feeling "optimistic", his lawyer Boubakeur Esseddik Hamaili said.<br><br>"I have seen my client, he is doing well and is a tower of strength. He proclaims his innocence as he has done nothing but exercise his rights guaranteed by the constitution," the lawyer added.<br><br>Touati has been in prison since his arrest in January 2017, over an online video interview with an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman and a Facebook post in which he called for protests against a new financial law.<br><br> | + | Merzoug Touati was convicted over a Facebook post and an online video interview. File photo taken on April 29, 2018<br><br>An Algerian blogger has appealed against a 10-year prison term, his lawyer said on Sunday, after global rights groups condemned the severity of the sentence.<br><br>Merzoug Touati was convicted on Thursday of providing intelligence to "agents of a foreign power" likely to damage Algeria, by a court in Bejaia, east of Algiers.<br><br>The 30-year-old blogger submitted his appeal the following day and was feeling "optimistic", his lawyer Boubakeur Esseddik Hamaili said.<br><br>"I have seen my client, he is doing well and is a tower of strength. He proclaims his innocence as he has done nothing but exercise his rights guaranteed by the constitution," the lawyer added.<br><br>Touati has been in prison since his arrest in January 2017, over an online video interview with an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman and a Facebook post in which he called for protests against a new financial law.<br><br>During his trial the court dropped three additional charges including incitement against the state, which his lawyer said carries the death sentence.<br><br>The 10-year jail term was described us "utterly shocking" by Amnesty International, which said Touati had been convicted "solely for expressing his peaceful opinion online".<br><br>Reporters Without Borders condemned the sentence as "disproportionate and unjustified" and said a social network post should not lead to imprisonment.<br><br>Prosecutors had called for the blogger to be given a life sentence, while his lawyer urged the court to throw out the charges.<br><br>If you loved this report and you would like to acquire more info about [http://snowredcrab.com/?document_srl=230221 hosting murah] kindly stop by our site. Hamaili did not confirm when his client's appeal would be heard in court.<br><br>Advertisement |
