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– Algerian blogger could face 25 years in jail for interviewing Israeli official (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 1, 2017

Algerian authorities charged blogger Merzoug Touati with “exchanging intelligence with a foreign power”, over a YouTube video interview he conducted with an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
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