Algerian authorities must release the Djelfa Tribune editor-in-chief, Badreddine Guermat, and should not contest if he chooses to appeal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday.
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"We are alarmed by an Algerian court's decision to convict and sentence journalist Badreddine Guermat to one year in prison for simply doing his job," said CPJ Interim MENA Program Coordinator Yeganeh Rezaian, from Washington, D.C."Algerian authorities must release Guermat, should not contest his appeal, and stop harassing journalists for reporting the news."
CPJ's email to the Algerian Ministry of Interior requesting comment about Guermat's conviction did not receive any response.
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