France, June 11 -- Reporters Without Borders, known by its French acronym RSF, said on Wednesday that world football's governing body had granted Gleizes accreditation to cover the tournament, which runs from 11 June to 19 July in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The 37-year-old journalist was arrested in May 2024 while travelling to Kabylie, in northeastern Algeria, to report on JS Kabylie - widely known as JSK - the country's most decorated football club. He was later sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of "glorifying terrorism" over alleged contact with members of the Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylie, or MAK, a foreign-based group designated a terrorist organisation by Algiers.

RSF, which coord...