# Ballon d’Or ceremony spotlights jailed French journalist Christophe Gleizes

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ballon-dor-ceremony-raises-case-of-french-sports-journalist-jailed-in-algeria/
- Published: 2026-10-27T13:59:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T14:32:20+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC World (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6x2qgyqr79wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Culture, Travel, World

## Key points

- Ballon d’Or presenters highlighted Christophe Gleizes’s imprisonment.
- The French journalist is serving a seven-year sentence in Algeria.
- RSF plans a solidarity match on his 500th day in detention.

## Summary

French journalist Christophe Gleizes, who is serving a seven-year sentence in Algeria, was honoured at the Ballon d’Or ceremony in London. Presenters Kate Scott and Thierry Henry dedicated the event to him, drawing attention to his detention and calls for his release.

Gleizes was arrested in May 2024 while reporting on a football club in the Kabylie region. Algerian authorities accused him of possessing material harmful to national security and of links to a group they designate as a terrorist organisation; press freedom group RSF says his contacts were made in a journalistic context. RSF plans a solidarity football match for 11 November, his 500th day in detention, as his case unfolds amid strained relations between France and Algeria.

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