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Arrested on charges of "inciting an unarmed gathering" and "endangering national unity" after covering Hirak demonstrations, the 40-year-old was sentenced on appeal in September to two years in jail.
Dozens of Algerian students defied police Tuesday to demonstrate in the capital Algiers.
Dozens of Algerian protesters, journalists, and activists have been arrested, wrongfully prosecuted, and sometimes tortured.
Algerians marched in the capital and other cities to mark the second anniversary of the North African nation's anti-government "Hirak" protest movement.
At least 35 Algerian pro-democracy activists were freed from jail in the past 24 hours under presidential pardons, the National Committee for the Liberation of Prisoners said.
Couscous has been awarded the status of intangible cultural heritage.
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in a long-awaited speech to the nation late Thursday, declared dozens of pardons in a gesture of appeasement as the protest movement gathers momentum once again.
Many protesters feel Tebboune’s gestures so far have been largely cosmetic, and note he is a product of the long-time political elite.
IS claimed responsibility for the February 3 killing of four soldiers in a rugged region of central Tunisia.
Algeria's president pardoned jailed anti-government activists and announced early elections.
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