(Morocco World News) Algerian TikTok influencer Boualem Naman, known as “Doualemn,” was sentenced to a five-month suspended prison term on Thursday by the Montpellier Criminal Court for “public provocation to commit a crime.”
During a highly publicized hearing on February 24, the prosecution had requested a six-month suspended prison sentence, while his lawyer, Jean-Baptiste Mousset, had pleaded for acquittal.
The case has become a focal point in deteriorating diplomatic relations between France and Algeria.
The 59-year-old maintenance worker, who had 138,000 TikTok followers, was found guilty of calling for the “severe correction” of an Algerian opposition figure in a video posted in early January.
