Boualem Sansal, a Franco-Algerian writer, has been detained in Algeria since mid-November for allegedly threatening state security. The Algerian government rejected French President Emmanuel Macron’s claims of injustice regarding Sansal’s imprisonment, characterizing them as an unacceptable interference in internal affairs. Macron called for his immediate release, emphasizing Sansal’s poor health and condemning the arbitrary nature of his detention, which Algeria defends as a matter of national integrity.