US EditionAlgeria: Vote Expected in Parliament on Draft Criminalisation of Colonization
The law aims to hold France legally responsible for colonial harms and demands reparations after Algeria's independence war that caused up to 1.5 million deaths, officials say.
- On Wednesday, Algeria's parliament will vote on a draft law framing France's colonial rule as a `state crime` and seeking apology and reparations.
- Longstanding grievances include French colonisation , with disputed death tolls—Algeria cites 1.5 million, French historians estimate 500,000, 400,000 of them Algerian.
- Parliament speaker Brahim Boughali said the bill is `a sovereign act` and sends `a clear message, both internally and externally, that Algeria's national memory is neither erasable nor negotiable`.
- In Paris, officials have responded by noting Emmanuel Macron, French President, called colonisation a `crime against humanity` but stopped short of an apology, and last week Pascal Confavreux, French foreign ministry spokesman, declined to comment on `political debates taking place in foreign countries`.
- Analysts note the vote occurs amid a major diplomatic crisis and say the measure is largely symbolic yet politically significant, while Hosni Kitouni said the law marks a rupture in memory relations with France.
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The Algerian parliament has passed a law that regards French colonial rule as a crime and calls for reparations from France and an apology. In the Chamber, the deputies stood with sash in the colours of the Algerian flag and applauded after the unanimous adoption of the text.
Colonization: France colonized Algeria between 1830 and 1962, during which time it was guilty of torture, disappearances, and…
Algiers unanimously adopted a law criminalizing French colonization and demanding official apologies in Paris, a text with a strong memorial and political reach.
A law passed by the Algerian Parliament on 24 December officially asks France for apologies and reparations for its colonial past.
Algeria's deputies passed a law on Wednesday, 24 December, to "criminalize French colonization", in a context of diplomatic tensions between Algiers and Paris.
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