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- NameSaad Bouakba
- RoleJournalist and author; commentator on Algerian history and politics
- CountryAlgeria
- Arrested27 Nov 2025
- StatusAt liberty
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Saad Bouakba is a journalist and author. He was jailed in November 2025 after discussing historical allegations about Algeria's first president in a YouTube interview, then sentenced under defamation and false-news laws. He was released in December 2025 after a suspended sentence, and in July 2026 an appeal court upheld the conviction and reduced the term to 18 months, suspended.