Mayors Urge France to Recognise 1961 Paris Massacre of Algerians as State Crime
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65 years ago, on 17 October 1961, a violent police crackdown led to the death of dozens of Algerian pro-FLN demonstrators. A long-outstanding record, before an official recognition by the French State. A review of this tragedy. - Commemorations of 17 October 1961: what happened during this "singling repression" of Algerians in Paris? (Topics of society).
65 years ago, to the day, dozens of Algerian demonstrators were massacred by the French police, after the demonstration organized by the Front de libération nationale (FLN), in the middle of the Algerian war. They denounced the discriminatory curfew established by the police prefect of the time Maurice Papon, which targeted specifically the French Muslims of Algeria. In 1991, 30 years after the events, Saad Ouazene, a protestor, testified to Ant…
Mayors urge France to recognise 1961 Paris massacre of Algerians as state crime
On the eve of the 65th anniversary of the massacre of Algerian protesters in Paris, French mayors are calling for the events of 17 October, 1961 to be officially recognised as a state crime.
In a joint text, the elected representatives request, inter alia, "the inclusion of 17 October in the official calendar of national days and official ceremonies".
On the evening of October 17, 1961, tens of thousands of Algerians from Paris and its suburbs walk on the street. We see workers, maneuvers and mothers of their families. The children wear their most beautiful clothes. They have their own clothes. They have their own clothes. They have their own clothes. They have their own clothes. They have their own clothes. They have their own clothes. They have their own clothes. They have their own clothes…
London - Arabic Jerusalem: There has been an increase in calls in France for the recognition of the events of 17 October 1961 as a State crime against Algerians who demonstrated in Paris, protesting against the discriminatory curfew imposed on them by the colonial authorities to prevent them from supporting the Algerian revolution, which was at its forefront. The commemoration of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the massacre of live Algerians in t…
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