Fethi Ghares

Ghares was convicted on charges of insulting the president and harming national unity. He was sentenced to two years in prison in January

Ghares was arrested and placed in pre-trial detention last year in July after police raided and searched his home

There are still close to 300 political detainees being held in prisons in Algeria. The president has indicated that more releases will take place in the days to come

He has been arrested on multiple charges, including for allegedly allegedly insulting president Abdelmadjid Tebboune