Christophe Gleizes

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Christophe Gleizes (born 2 February 1989 in Agen) is a freelance French sports journalist. He specializes his work on African football. His works have appeared in the media of So Foot and Society. In May 2024, he travelled to Algeria on a tourist visa to investigate the death of JS Kabylie player Albert Ebossé, who died in 2014. The Washington Post reported that Gleizes had reasons to suspect that Ebossé's death was not as the Algerian authorities claimed. They claimed that a rock thrown by a fan killed Ebossé, but Gleizes had interviewed sources who suspected that Ebossé was killed at the request of Algerian authorities. Gleizes had arrived on a tourist visa, not on a required journalist accreditation, as he believed he wouldn't be granted one. He also confirmed his meetings with some of identified terrorist militants from the MAK organization. On 28 May 2024, he was arrested by Algerian authorities in Tizi Ouzou while reporting on the JS Kabylie football club. In June 2025, the Algerian...

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