Algeria: Court issues two-year prison sentence against journalist Khaled Drareni
Today, an appeal court in Algiers sentenced journalist Khaled Drareni to a two-year prison sentence over his coverage of the Hirak protest movement. Two activists, Samir Benlarbi and Slimane Hamitouche, were each sentenced to a year in prison, eight months of which were suspended, in the same sham trial. The two were released after spending their time in jail. A first instance court had sentenced Khaled Drareni, on 10 August, to three years in prison.
