He was a high profile journalist specialising in the regime corruption. British-Algerian Mohamed Tamalt, convicted of insulting President Bouteflika, dies after three months in coma.A British-Algerian journalist has died after being on hunger strike in protest against his arrest and two-year jail term, which put him in a coma, according to his lawyer.Mohamed Tamalt was convicted in an Algerian court of "defaming a public authority" and "offending" Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in a poem he posted on Facebook.
"It is time to say a last goodbye and pray. "According to Mahdid: "Tamalt's detention occurred while Algeria's media companies were facing increasing pressure. Others With a Similar Name. "Nor are we sure if Tamalt received the proper treatment during his hunger strike. But could he end up making the kingdom a nuclear pawn?Before his arrest, he ran a blog and was a freelance journalist based in London. "According to Sidhoum, Tamalt is set to be buried in Algiers on Monday. Inscrivez-vous sur Facebook pour communiquer avec Mohamed Tamalt et d’autres personnes que vous pouvez connaître. Plus d’informations sur l’ Algérie: algeria(at)euromedrights.net "Speaking to Al Jazeera, Tamalt's lawyer Amine Sidhoum said that Tamalt's death was "the first time since Algeria gained its independence from France that a journalist died in jail because of what he wrote on the Internet.
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YES FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN ALGERIAwait second they give amir dz 30 years for jail and hadad 20 years of jailthere are lots of corrupt generals and politicians wanted by the Justice like nezzar , belkcir, bouchareb , chakib khallil..... that fled outside of Algeria , the governement did not try to get them back here ;Amir dz is just a blogger , the governement is doing everything they can to get him here ;instead of fighting corruption they fight the guy that is leaking corruption files.....What concessions did Algeria give to France in Mali?Our government wants to send our soldiers do the dirty job in the sahal region to please their French Masters and get legitimacyFuck this regime. "I am also really sad at the lack of support from his fellow Algerian journalists, who left him and abandoned him. "According to Mahdid: "Tamalt's detention occurred while Algeria's media companies were facing increasing pressure. "Speaking to Al Jazeera, Tamalt's lawyer Amine Sidhoum said that Tamalt's death was "the first time since Algeria gained its independence from France that a journalist died in jail because of what he wrote on the Internet.
Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts London, United Kingdom. He was a high profile journalist specialising in the regime corruption. Campaigns; … "I can confirm the death of the journalist Mohamed Tamalt in Bab el-Oued hospital after a hunger strike of more than three months and a three-month coma," Amine Sidhoum, Tamalt's lawyer, Tamalt, 42, died of a lung infection while in a coma. He was reportedly arrested near his parents' house in Algiers on June 27 and began his hunger strike the same day.On July 11, he was sentenced to two years in prison and given a $1,800 fine. Log In. About Mohamed Tamalt. Work.
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"So far, we can't say for sure what the cause of his death was," Mahdid told Al Jazeera.