Algerian filmmakers who offend ‘national values’ and religion could go to jail

According to a report in Le Monde, Algeria’s parliament has passed a law that jeopardizes the ‘stated ambition to make the country an international production and shooting hub.’ The bill has a provision for prison sentences for film professionals who fail to comply with certain conditions such as: "anyone who engages in or finances the production, shooting, distribution or exploitation of cinematographic films contrary [...] to national values and constants, the Islamic religion and other religions, national sovereignty, national unity, the unity of the national territory and the supreme interests of the nation, the principles of the Revolution of November 1, 1954, the dignity of persons" or who incites "discrimination and hate speech."