Cartoonist Nime (also arrested in November 2019) in solidarity with Kechida Twenty-five-year-old Algerian Walid Kechida has been sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 500,000 dinars (about 3,000 euros) for publishing memes satirizing the state and religion, according to the National Committee for the Liberation of Detainees (CNLD). The general
One of the illustrations that led to Nime's imprisonment Cartoonist Benabdelhamid Amine, "Nime" (Twitter - Blog ), was found guilty today and will spend at least three months in prison. He was on trial for his satirical illustrations, for "insulting" Algerian politicians and the Algerian military. The conviction is based on article 96
"Until the end". Politicians and military represented by Nime as "the band of the Titanic" that keeps on playing, oblivious to the repression in Algeria. The painter, sculptor and cartoonist, Benabdelhamid Aminebetter known as "Nime", was arrested on Tuesday 26 November by plainclothes Algerian police officers who entered the offices of his advertising
