# Ihsane El Kadi

> Ihsane El Kadi is an Algerian journalist and press freedom activist who founded the media outlets Maghreb Émergent and Radio M, among the few independent outlets in Algeria until their dissolutions in 2023. A noted critic of the government and a prominent leader during the Hirak protest movement, El Kadi has been arrested and charged with multiple offences, most recently being sentenced to five years in prison in 2023 for the "foreign financing of his business" in a trial that human rights organisations have denounced as unfair and unjust.

*Algerian journalist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ihsane-el-kadi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** Algeria
- **Born:** 1959
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ihsane El Kadi is an Algerian journalist and press freedom activist who founded the media outlets Maghreb Émergent and Radio M, among the few independent outlets in Algeria until their dissolutions in 2023. A noted critic of the government and a prominent leader during the Hirak protest movement, El Kadi has been arrested and charged with multiple offences, most recently being sentenced to five years in prison in 2023 for the "foreign financing of his business" in a trial that human rights organisations have denounced as unfair and unjust.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 38.6
- **Momentum:** 0.4

## Sources
- [Ihsane El Kadi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihsane_El_Kadi)
- [Ihsane El Kadi](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihsane_El_Kadi)
- [إحسان القاضي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115913982)

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