Politicians, writers and activists have called for the release of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, whose arrest in Algeria is seen as the latest instance of the stifling of creative expression in the military-dominated North African country.

Multiple Nobel Prize-winning authors have signed a petition to demand the release of Algerian writer Boualem Sansal. View on euronews

French President Emmanuel Macron is "very concerned by the disappearance" of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, his office said. Known for his strong stance against both authoritarianism and Islamism,

Algerian authorities have detained the prize-winning French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal on national security charges, his French lawyer said on Tuesday, days after French authorities expressed

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal who was arrested in mid-November in Algiers has been placed under a detention order for alleged threats to state security, his lawyer said on Wednesday .

President Macron joins calls for information about Franco-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, missing in Algiers.

Algerian authorities have remanded in custody on national security charges prominent French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal following his arrest earlier this month that sparked alarm throughout the literary world,