"It's a figure of speech": in court, the "unclear" explanations of Algerian influencers to exonerate themselves

" I regret, frankly, I regret, " repeats the eldest in broken French, summoned before the Montpellier court. " I didn't think about the consequences ," sighs the youngest 1,000 kilometers away, during his trial in Brest. In front of the judges, the Algerian "influencers" have lost the verve they had behind their screens. The tone is no longer vehement, the sentences are no longer punctuated with insults. The " Mr. Judge " and " frankly I'm sorry " follow one another to convince the magistrates that it is a misunderstanding.

This Monday, Boualem Namam, better known by the pseudonym "Doualemn" appeared before the Montpellier Criminal Court for " public and direct provocation without effect to commit a crime or an offence ", while in Brest, Youcef Aziria, alias "Zazou Youssef" was tried for " apology for an act of terrorism ". From one courtroom to another, their lawyers denounced the political recovery in the midst of a diplomatic crisis between Paris and Algiers...