![Christophe Gleizes a été arrêté en mai 2024 en Algérie. [© Handout / SO PRESS - RSF / AFP]](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/144895984/a1492d2dd00703b69144e1b8af4345b3ccde5a16eda250b50b6c6ae229eed2b4)
Overview
- Christophe Gleizes was arrested in May 2024 in Tizi Ouzou while reporting on JS Kabylie and was convicted in June 2025 of 'apology for terrorism' and sentenced to seven years in prison.
- His legal appeals have been exhausted after he withdrew a cassation appeal in March to clear the way for a possible presidential pardon.
- FIFA granted Gleizes a symbolic accreditation for the 2026 World Cup and its president, Gianni Infantino, publicly expressed hope that Algeria would grant clemency to the jailed journalist.
- Gleizes’s family told French media on the weekend that they contacted stars including Kylian Mbappé, Karim Benzema and Zinedine Zidane and were disappointed by their public silence while the FFF, LFP and several clubs have voiced support.
- The case has become a test of press freedom and diplomatic pressure, and Gleizes’s fate now hinges on President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s decision, which would determine whether the international visibility being kept on the story leads to his release.