A bill denouncing France’s colonization of the North African state as a crime and calling for an apology and compensation was unanimously ratified by Algeria’s parliament. Additionally, state-run TV reports that glorify colonization are illegal under the law.
The vote is the most recent indication of the two nations’ increasingly tense diplomatic ties, which some experts claim are at their lowest point since Algeria attained independence 63 years ago.
Between 1830 to 1962, France colonized Algeria, which resulted in widespread deportations, mass murders, and a bloody struggle of independence. Algeria claims that 1.5 million people died in the conflict, however French historians place the death toll far lower.
According to the legislation, “full and fair” compensation is an “inalienable right of the Algerian state and people,” and France has “legal responsibility” for the “tragedies it caused.” France has not yet responded to the vote. It coincides with mounting demand on Western nations to restore looted artifacts that are still housed in their museums and to make amends for slavery and colonialism.
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