TV News LIES

Monday, May 04th

Last update08:23:44 AM GMT

You are here News Human Rights France admits torture during Algeria's war of independence

France admits torture during Algeria's war of independence

E-mail Print PDF
France admits toturing Algerians in 1954 war for independenceFrance  acknowledged for the first time it was responsible for systematic torture during the Algerian war of independence in the mid-1950s.

President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that Maurice Audin, a communist pro-independence activist who disappeared in 1957, "died under torture stemming from the system instigated while Algeria was part of France."

Macron, who paid a visit to Audin's widow on Thursday, was also set to announce "the opening of archives on the subject of disappeared civilians and soldiers, both French and Algerian."

More...

 


Most Recent Related Stories...


Israel extends detention of 'tortured' Gaza flotilla activists

Flotilla activist Saif Abu Keshek An Israeli court has extended by two days the detention of two activists arrested aboard a...

Polyamorous Americans are celebrating new laws establishing their ‘inherent worth and dignity’

Polyamorous relationshipsAmy Nash-Kille knows that not everyone would choose a polyamorous family like hers. But she called...

The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel - and about itself – is finally being burst

Protest in USFor decades, two irreconciliable narratives about Israel and its motivations have existed in parallel. On the one...

Illegal Siege, Brutal Abuse: Our Detention and Assault at the Hands of Israeli Prison Guards

Flotilla crews torturedIn April, a new flotilla set off for Gaza, once again attempting to break the Israeli...
 
America's # 1 Enemy
Tee Shirt
& Help Support TvNewsLIES.org!
TVNL Tee Shirt
 
TVNL TOTE BAG
Conserve our Planet
& Help Support TvNewsLIES.org!
 
Get your 9/11 & Media
Deception Dollars
& Help Support TvNewsLIES.org!
 
The Loaded Deck
The First & the Best!
The Media & Bush Admin Exposed!