Touati, who has been in jail since January 2017, was convicted of providing “intelligence to agents of a foreign power likely to harm Algeria’s military or diplomatic position or essential economic interests” after posting an interview with an Israeli official online. 
Touati ambaye amekuwa jela tangu Januari 2017 anashtakiwa kwa kutoa taarifa za “kiintelejensia kwa wakala wa nchi moja ya nje ili idhuru jeshi la Algeria au uwezo wa kidiplomasia au faida ya kiuchumi” baada ya kutuma mtandaoni mahojiano na afisa wa Israel.