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France called to fully recognise use of torture during Algerian war

French soldiers patrol in a street of Algiers, during the Algeria war, 30 April 1962. © AFP/Archives

Several NGOs and rights groups have asked France to recognise its use of torture during the Algerian war of independence, moving beyond an “incomplete” recognition in 2022.

"Undertaking the path towards understanding the repressive chain of events that ended with recourse to torture, including rape, is a constructive tool," wrote about twenty organisations in a dossier sent to the Elysée palace on Monday.

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