- Lotfi Nezzar
Lotfi Nezzar is an
Algeria n businessman, son ofMajor-General Khaled Nezzar . He is vice-president of theAlgeria nwireless internet provider Smart Link Communication .Notable history
On 18 October 2001, in an
Algiers nightclub, he violently beat up a "Le Matin " reporter,Sid Ahmed Semiane , for having criticised his father. In a letter to the daily "Le Soir d'Algérie " published on 20 October, Nezzar stated that "the columnist Sid Ahmed Semiane was warned several times of having overstepped his role as ajournalist , confusing humour with invective." Khaled Nezzar apologised for his son's actions three days later. At the end of June 2002, Lotfi Nezzar was eventually found guilty by a court inCheraga (Algiers ), and paid a fine of 12 euros. Semiane faced defamation charges, and was sentenced to six months in jail [http://www.wan-press.org/article2975.html] .External links
* [http://www.ifex.org/es/content/view/full/14823/ IFEX]
* [http://www.rsf.org/rsf/uk/html/mo/cplp01/lp01/221001.html RSF] , [http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=6686 RSF]
* [http://www.itmag-dz.com/article.php3?id_article=332 Interview with Lotfi Nezzar about SLC]
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