PARIS (AP) — A large number of French media outlets on Wednesday called for the release of sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, who is imprisoned in Algeria ahead of his appeals trial next week.

The Alliance of General Information Press, which represents more than 300 outlets, published a collective op-ed across its members' publications. A court of appeal in Tizi Ouzou is set to review Gleizes' case on Dec. 3.

The 36-year-old French freelance sports journalist has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria over an interview with a soccer official accused of ties to a banned separatist movement, in a case rights groups say criminalizes routine reporting.

Gleizes was arrested on May 28, 2024 while reporting on a soccer club in the Kabylie region. He was placed under judicial s

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