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Algerian blogger appeals against a 10-year jail sentence

The 30-year-old blogger submitted his appeal the following day and was feeling "optimistic", his lawyer Boubakeur Esseddik Hamaili said.

An Algerian blogger has appealed against a 10-year prison sentence, his lawyer said on Sunday.

This followed global rights groups condemnation of the severity of the sentence. A court in Bejaia, east of Algiers, convicted Merzoug Touati on Thursday for providing intelligence to "agents of a foreign power" likely to damage Algeria.

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