(MENAFN) Algeria has sentenced a blogger to ten years in jail after finding him guilty of providing intelligence to "agents of a foreign power," his lawyer said.
Held since 17 January 2017 in Bejaia's El Khamis prison, Merzoug was convicted of "complicit relations with a foreign power" and "inciting rebellion" in connection with the Skype interview he posted on social networks on 9 January 2017.
In this interview, a person identifying himself as an Israeli diplomat said there had been an Israeli liaison office in Algiers in the 1990s. The court also fined Merzoug 50,000 dinars (360 euros).
Merzoug's lawyer said he would ask his client whether he wanted to appeal.
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