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France admits torture ‘system’ during Algeria war

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France admitted Thursday that it instigated a “ system ” that led to torture during Algeria ’ s independence war , a conflict that remains hugely sensitive six decades on .
President Emmanuel Macron is set to acknowledge that mathematician 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 ” , his office said.

( AFP )

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