Sentenced to seven years in prison by Algerian justice, Christophe Gleizes is still held in Tizi Ouzou. His family launched a call for help this Thursday evening on the set of the JT of France 2.
Accused of having exchanged in the context of a report on football with an official for the self -determination movement of Kabylia, considered as a terrorist entity by the state of Algeria, Christophe Gleizes was sentenced to seven years in prison. He is now waiting for his call after having already been detained for a year before judgment. The French sports journalist is imprisoned on the side of Tizi Ouzou in Algeria. This Thursday, his family launched a call for help in the world of sport on the 8 p.m. news set on France 2.
The family calls it to Zidane
🔴🗣️ The family of Christophe Gleizes, French journalist sentenced in Algeria, makes a call to Zinedine Zidane and the world of sport for his liberation: “It is a fight for freedom of the press and the world of football.” #Jt20h pic.twitter.com/tEwzEllfMd
-Le20H-France Télévisions (@le20hfrancetele) July 3, 2025
His stepfather Francis Godard calls for Zinedine Zidane and other actors in the world of sport to make things happen. “” It would be great for Zinedine Zidane to engage in this fight. Because it is a fight for press freedom and also for the world of football. Journalists are mobilized, but we would like the sports world to be so much. Christophe is a sports journalist, what interests him is sport business. So it very directly concerns the world of sport He explains. The family also confirms that she has had no contact with Christophe Gleizes since his conviction. “” Since he was in prison, we have not been able to communicate with him. The last time we were able to talk with him was Saturday night (one day before the conviction)he told us to be confident, that he believed in his innocence and that he was going to defend himself to the end ”, she details. As a reminder, the journalist went to Algeria in May 2024 for a report on history in the 80s of the sports youth in Kabylia.
