Tag: Harkis
France condemned by the ECHR for the poor living conditions of harkis in reception camps in the 1960s and 1970s
There European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned, Thursday April 4, France for the living conditions “not compatible with respect for human dignity” harkis in the reception camps where they…
A “forgotten” cemetery at the Rivesaltes camp, soon to be exhumed?
The Rivesaltes camp, near Perpignan in the Pyrénées-Orientales, has undoubtedly not yet revealed all its dark secrets. Built initially to accommodate the Spanish Republicans in 1939, it then welcomed Jews…
General François Meyer, figure of the defense of the harkis, died
The harkis have just lost one of their defenders. Emmanuel Macron announced on Saturday the death of General François Meyer, an officer who had taken up the cause of these…
Parliament will enshrine in law the “pardon” requested by France from the harkis
Sixty years after the end of the Algerian war, the Parliament is preparing to definitively adopt on Tuesday, by a final vote of the Senate, a bill to ask “forgiveness”…
The government allocates 50 million euros from the 2022 budget to repairing harkis
On September 20, sixty years after the end of the Algerian war, Emmanuel Macron promised “recognition and reparation” to the harkis. It will initially translate into fifty million euros from…
Emmanuel Macron apologizes to the Harkis announces a law of “reparation”
Words long awaited by the harkis. During a reception at the Elysee Palace, Emmanuel Macron addressed the Muslims recruited as auxiliaries to the French army during the Algerian war between…
Tensions France United Kingdom, Macron facing the memory of the Harkis and votes for Trudeau’s future
Did you miss the early morning news? We have concocted a recap to help you see more clearly. After the cancellation by Canberra of a contract for the supply of…