ALGERIA: A Year in Prison Due to Facebook Post

Source: World Watch Monitor, January 12, 2017

An Algerian Christian has been sentenced to a year in prison for a post he made on Facebook.

On January 8, the court in Bouira (100 km east of Algiers) found Samir Chamek, 34, guilty of insulting Islam and its prophet over items he posted on his Facebook page. The sentencing follows a year-long legal battle:

“I will appeal to the Supreme Court,” Chamek told World Watch Monitor. “I explained to the judge that I only shared publications from other people, and I do not master the computer and French very well.”

» Read full story; additional details in a story from Morning Star News. Slimane Bouhaf, whose story we included in our last edition of news briefs, was also imprisoned due to an anti-Islamic Facebook post.

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