The War in Algeria: A Dossier on Repression in Algeria

French public opinion has been deeply stirred by the increasingly detailed news of widespread repression in Algeria. Temoignage Chretien published in its January 6th issue an appeal of 700 political internees held in the camp of Djorf near M’Sila. This open letter does not deal with conditions inside the camp but denounces the illegal character of the internment measures and calls for immediate dissolution of the camps. The same paper in its January 20th issue publishes a document dealing with the summary execution of six members of a family between August 22 and 26, 1955. France-Observateur published on December 8th two affidavits on tortures undergone last August by Mohammed Benmokkaden when he was arrested and ...