Algeria court clears way for pardon of jailed French journalist Christophe Gleizes

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A court in Algeria's highest appeals system has opened a path toward a presidential pardon for Christophe Gleizes, a French sports journalist who has been detained since 2024 on terrorism charges. The Court de Cassation rejected prosecutors' push for a harsher sentence while acknowledging Gleizes's decision to drop his own appeal, a legal maneuver that his lawyers say could make him eligible for clemency. The development marks a potential turning point in a case that has drawn attention from France over the detention of its citizen.