Harki Tombs of the Rivesaltes Camp: Four Families File Charges for "Killing Rape" and "Cassation"

Long-awaited on the site of the former camp of Saint-Maurice-l-Ardoise, in Laudun-l'Ardoise and Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres, the Harkis Memorial is advancing. The president of the Agglomeration, Jean-Christian Rey, will take advantage of the event to take stock of the project, whose "master's competition is launched, we will have between three and seven candidates selected during the summer", he poses. The sketches are expected "d'ici l'automne", h…

Families of harkis accuse the state and the town hall of Rivesaltes (Pyrénées-Orientales) of having moved, without warning, the bodies of their relatives buried in the former camp. 60 graves, including those of 52 children, were found empty. A complaint against X for concealment of corpses was filed.

The complaint against X was sent on 19 May 2025 to the prosecutor of the Republic of Perpignan and aims to determine why the burials of the Harki Cemetery were exhumed, transferred and hidden without the knowledge of the...