Macron Urges 'mercy' For Jailed Writer Sansal In Call With Algeria's Tebboune

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday called for a "gesture of mercy and humanity" towards jailed French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in a phone call with his Algerian counterpartAbdelmadjid Tebboune. The author was sentenced to five years in prison last week in a case that has damaged already-strained ties between France and its former colony.
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