Algiers, Algeria, Nov 10, 2026 (AFP) - Algeria hands author Kamel Daoud five years in prison over novel

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An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced in absentia writer Kamel Daoud and his wife, both in France, to five years in prison on charges of using confidential medical information in his novel "Houris," reports said. Daoud and Aicha Dahdouh were sentenced in absentia for the disclosure of medical secrets and invasion of privacy, Algerian newspaper El Khabar reported. The case stemmed from a complaint filed by an Algerian woman alleging that the priz......

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