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The minister who was accompanied, during this visit, by the governor of Tipaza, Ali Moulai, and the President of the National Organisation of Algerian Journalists, Slimane Abdouche, expressed “his heartfelt sympathy to journalist Mohamed Lamsen during this painful ordeal he is enduring.”

Meziane also inquired “about the progress of the journalist’s health condition and the care provided by the medical staff during his hospitalization in Sidi Ghilas.”

For his part, the governor of Tipaza inquired about the health condition of the journalist, Mohamed Lamsen, and gave instructions to “closely monitor his medical state, given the seriousness of his case.”

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