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Hichem Aboud
هشام عبود
Aboud in 2021
Born (1955-06-15) June 15, 1955 (age 69)
Bab El Oued, Algiers
EducationAlgiers 1 University
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • activist
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers513,000[1]
(25 February 2022)
Total views302,955,647[1]
(25 February 2022)
100,000 subscribers
Military career
Allegiance Algeria
Service/branchAlgerian People's National Army
Websitehttps://www.monjournal-dz.com/

Hichem Aboud (Arabic: هشام عبود, romanized: hišhām ʿabuwd, born June 15, 1955) is an Algerian journalist and political activist. He is the creator and owner of a Swiss-based Web TV named Amel TV.[2] Aboud was the founder and redactor-in-chief the "Mon Journal" (Arabic: جريدتي, romanized: jarīdatī, lit. 'My Journal') newspaper. In 2013, the journal was banned in Algeria after reporting on Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's health.[3][4] He was named as a terrorist by the Algerian government for his alleged involvement in the Rachad movement.[5][6]

Biography

Hichem Aboud was born in a Chaoui family on June 15, 1955 in Bab El Oued, Algiers.[7] He entered the Algerian People's National Army in 1975.[7][8] Aboud started his journalism career in 1977 as a staff writer for the "La République" journal and later the Algiers bureau chief for "el-Heddaf".[9] Aboud became the redactor-in-chief of the El-Djeïch journal during the 1980s.[9][10] Aboud became Mohamed Betchine's chief of staff in 1987, at the time, Betchine was the director of the Sécurité Militaire, the Algerian military intelligence service.[11][12][13] He left the army in 1990.[9] He was granted political asylum in France in 1997 before renouncing his political refugee status in 2011 to return to Algeria.[12][14] He released a book highly critical of the government in 2002 named "The Mafia of Generals" (French: La Mafia des Généraux).[14] He created a journal named "Mon Journal" (Arabic: جريدتي, romanized: jarīdatī, lit. 'My Journal') in 2011.[14] After a front-page cover story about Abdelaziz Bouteflika's coma and hospitalisation in France, the journal was banned in Algeria.[15][16][17] Aboud was being banned from exiting Algerian territory by a judge after being found guilty of "breach of state security".[18] He fled to France through Tunisia on August 10, 2013.[4][19] He is currently living in France under a ten-year resident card.[4] He created a YouTube channel named "Aboud Hichem TV" on May 10, 2018.[20] He was sentenced to seven years in prison in absentia by a courtroom in Chéraga for "disclosing confidential information" regarding Khaled Nezzar on February 2022, an international arrest warrant was issued later that year.[4][21] His name was published on the Algerian government's national list of terrorist entities on February 2022 for his alleged involvement in the Rachad movement, the list was taken offline from their website the next day.[6][5][22]

Bibliography

  • Aboud, Hichem (2002). La mafia des généraux (in French). Paris: Lattès. ISBN 978-2-7096-2337-7. OCLC 49382731.

References

  1. ^ a b "About Aboud Hichem TV". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Hichem Aboud (auteur de La Mafia des généraux)". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  3. ^ AFP. "Algérie : censure sur l'état de santé de Bouteflika". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  4. ^ a b c d "Un journaliste algérien condamné par contumace à sept ans de prison pour "atteinte à l'unité nationale"". SudOuest (in French). 2021-02-17. ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  5. ^ a b "Algérie: voici pourquoi le régime a publié sa «liste nationale» du terrorisme avant de la retirer dare-dare". Le360.ma. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  6. ^ a b "Arrêté du 5 Rajab 1443 correspondant au 6 février 2022 portant inscription sur la liste nationale des personnes et entités terroristes". Journal Officiel de la République Algérienne. 11: 24. 2022-02-06.
  7. ^ a b Aboud, Hichem (2002). La mafia des généraux (in French). Paris: Lattès. ISBN 978-2-7096-2337-7. OCLC 49382731.
  8. ^ "J'accuse les mafieux généraux algériens - Le Mague, Arts, Critique(s) et Société". www.lemague.net. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  9. ^ a b c JAFRI, Sâad. "Interview avec Hichem Aboud : «Le régime voyou des généraux algériens fait cavalier seul dans sa tentative de guerre contre le Maroc»". L'Opinion Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  10. ^ "Interview incisive et sans filtre avec Hichem Aboud auteur de "La mafia des généraux"". l'ODJ (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  11. ^ "Algérie: quand des voyous mènent le bal". Le HuffPost (in French). 2014-02-17. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  12. ^ a b "Un militaire réfugié en France accuse les généraux algériens". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2001-06-14. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  13. ^ "Algérie: la presse censurée sur la santé de Bouteflika – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  14. ^ a b c "Algérie : qui sont les activistes que la justice veut faire extrader pour terrorisme et blanchiment d'argent ? – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  15. ^ "La phrase d'Hichem Aboud". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  16. ^ "Algérie: la presse censurée sur la santé de Bouteflika – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  17. ^ "État de santé de Bouteflika: "Pourquoi ne voit-on pas le président à la télévision ?"". France 24 (in French). 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  18. ^ "Algérie : Hichem Aboud poursuivi pour "atteinte à la sûreté de l'Etat"". TV5MONDE (in French). 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  19. ^ "Algérie : un journaliste interdit de quitter le territoire national – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  20. ^ "Aboud Hichem TV - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  21. ^ "Alger lance des mandats d'arrêts contre des activistes accusés de « terrorisme »". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  22. ^ "Algérie : quatre activistes accusés de "terrorisme" par la justice". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
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