{"id":322958,"date":"2026-01-24T12:01:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T04:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322958"},"modified":"2026-01-24T12:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T04:01:29","slug":"algerian-senate-urges-review-of-law-declaring-french-colonisation-a-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322958","title":{"rendered":"Algerian senate urges review of law declaring French colonisation a crime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/667\/66796105.jpg\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Algerian Senate during the election of Salah Goudjil as President of the upper house of parliament\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption><strong><em>Algerian Senate<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ALGIERS, Jan 24 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; Algeria&#8217;s Senate has demanded revisions to a historic law declaring France&#8217;s 1830-1962 colonization a crime, creating legislative discord just weeks after the lower house unanimously passed the bill demanding an apology and reparations from Paris.<br><br>While the lower house&#8217;s December 24 vote classified colonization as a crime with &#8220;legal responsibility,&#8221; the Senate objected to specific articles, particularly around financial compensation.<br><br>A joint committee must now reconcile the text, as the Senate cannot directly amend the legislation.<br><br>The disagreement centers on President Abdelmadjid Tebboune&#8217;s stated position that Algeria is &#8220;not tempted by money&#8221; but seeks formal recognition of crimes instead of financial restitution.<br><br>The bill has escalated diplomatic tensions already strained by France&#8217;s endorsement of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.<br><br>Paris condemned the legislation as &#8220;clearly hostile,&#8221; while the Algerian text enumerates colonial crimes including nuclear tests, extrajudicial killings, torture, and systematic resource plundering, asserting that &#8220;full and fair compensation&#8221; remains an &#8220;inalienable right.&#8221;<br><br>The law invokes deeply disputed historical tolls, stating the war killed 1.5 million Algerians\u2014a figure contested by French historians who estimate 500,000 total deaths, including 400,000 Algerians.<br><br>Although French President Emmanuel Macron previously acknowledged colonization as a &#8220;crime against humanity,&#8221; France has not issued a formal apology, leaving a century of trauma unresolved as Algeria&#8217;s legislative process continues. &#8212; NNN-AFRICANEWS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algerian Senate ALGIERS, Jan 24 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; Algeria&#8217;s Senate has demanded revisions to a historic law declaring France&#8217;s 1830-1962 colonization a crime, creating legislative discord just weeks after the lower house unanimously passed the bill demanding an apology and reparations from Paris. While the lower house&#8217;s December 24 vote classified colonization as a crime with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":322959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322958"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322960,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322958\/revisions\/322960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/322959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}