Kaïs Saïed hands Tebboune to France and exposes the hacking of Algeria and Tunisia by Paris.

On Feb 9, 2023

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune decided on Wednesday to summon his country’s ambassador to France for consultations following what he described as the “secret evacuation” of activist and journalist Amira Bouraoui from Tunisia to France on Monday evening, the president declared in a statement.

In an official note to France, Algeria expressed its strong protest against the secret and illegal evacuation of Amira Bouraoui requested by the Algerian judiciary.

Relations between the two countries have become very tense, at a time when Tunisia is also suffering the wrath of Algeria after failing to cope with French pressure imposed by the consulate of that country, which has spoken publicly and considered that the Franco-Algerian activist was under French protection.

Last night, Bouraoui appeared on her Facebook account, justifying her departure from Algeria by the fact that she could not stand so much injustice, preventing a citizen from travelling is an infringement of his most fundamental rights, preventing him from working and suing him even because of jokes on Facebook makes her feel unwanted, noting that she feels safe where she is now, and is no longer afraid of being arrested just for a few words and a handful of thoughts on Facebook.

The Algerian political activist managed to reach the French city of Lyon, after being threatened with deportation to Algeria, where she faces a two-year prison sentence. The case of this well-known activist caused widespread controversy after she sneaked into Tunisia outside official border crossings and enjoyed the protection of the French consulate there.

This fact has led to a set of data that can be analysed at three levels. The first level concerns the level of French penetration in Tunisia, where a sovereign country is subject to diplomatic pressure, and where even its president issues a travel permit.

The second level concerns the case of this activist, which is just one of many cases of widespread human rights violations in Algeria, to the extent that citizens who are hunted down and followed venture to escape with their lives from a large prison guarded by goats.

The third point is that this incident proved that Morocco remains the most independent and most strict country in the defence of its sovereignty and institutions, and that it resists any French attempt to pressure it or interfere in its judicial decisions, as Paris is trying to do today through the window of the European Parliament.