Algerian journalist sentenced 2 years for Facebook posts critical of gov’t
A prosecutor charged him with “insulting state institutions” and “distributing publications harmful to national unity.”
Students take part in a protest to denounce an offer by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run in elections next month but not to serve a full term if re-elected, in Algiers, Algeria March 5, 2019.(photo credit: RAMZI BOUDINA/REUTERS)ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL