{"id":20000,"date":"2025-11-12T15:11:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=20000"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:48:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:48:25","slug":"president-tebboune-grants-clemency-request-for-boualem-sansal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=20000","title":{"rendered":"President Tebboune Grants Clemency Request for Boualem Sansal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:Search?search=President%20Abdelmadjid%20Tebboune\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">President Abdelmadjid Tebboune<\/a> has responded favorably to a request from his German counterpart, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, regarding the case of Boualem Sansal. The request, received on November 10, 2025, sought clemency for the Algerian writer.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement released by the Presidency, <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=70797\">President Tebboune<\/a> gave considerable attention to the request, recognizing its nature and humanitarian grounds. Acting in accordance with Article 91, Paragraph 8 of the Constitution, and following due legal consultation, the President decided to grant the request made by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany.<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch<\/em> understands that the German state will be responsible for the transfer and medical treatment of Mr. Sansal.<\/p>\n<p>This decision underscores the strong relationship between Algeria and Germany and highlights the importance both nations place on humanitarian considerations. The move is expected to be welcomed by international <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=70765\">human rights<\/a> organizations and literary circles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boualem Sansal<\/strong> is a well-known Algerian writer whose works have often explored sensitive social and political issues. His writings have garnered both critical acclaim and controversy. This act of clemency marks a significant development in his case.<\/p>\n<p>The Algerian government&#8217;s decision reflects a commitment to diplomatic engagement and responsiveness to international concerns, while upholding the principles enshrined in the nation&#8217;s constitution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has responded favorably to a request from his German counterpart, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, regarding the case of Boualem Sansal. The request, received on November 10, 2025, sought clemency for the Algerian writer.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement released &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20000"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75531,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20000\/revisions\/75531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}