Killing of Saadia Mebarek

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Saadia Mebarek, who died on May 25, 1960, was an Algerian woman arrested, tortured and killed by French soldiers during the Algerian War.[1]

## Biography

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She married to Mohamed Kader, a crane operator, and was pregnant when she was arrested in Algiers on May 24, 1960. Her husband filed a complaint two days later Saadia was found dead in the early morning of May 25. She was brought on a stretcher, by a French soldier, to the Mustapha Pacha hospital.[2]

## Investigation, research and trial

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### Official report

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On June 3, 1960, President Charles de Gaulle asked Prime Minister Michel Debré to initiate an investigation: "The facts denounced are of particular gravity. [...] It goes without saying that if torture is established, exemplary sanctions will have to be taken”.[3] According to the army report transmitted on June 11 by Minister Pierre Messmer, Saadia Mebarek was suspected, along with four other women, of "abstentionist propaganda for the cantonal elections", in a context where the National Liberation Front called for the 'abstention.The trial of an active lieutenant and two reserve second lieutenants suspected of having tortured Saadia Mebarek to death.[4]

### Trial

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The trial was held behind closed doors in January 1962 at the Permanent Armed Forces Tribunal. This is, according to Sylvie Thénault and Raphaëlle Branche, the only trial involving soldiers involved in operations in Algeria.[5]

The accused admitted the facts with which they were charged. However, the soldiers present in court acquitted the three defendants. Thus, “the army would not take responsibility for the abuses committed during the war, for which it ultimately holds the political power responsible”.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Saadia Mebarek: morte par la France". Archived from the original on 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
2. ^ "De Gaulle et la guerre d'Algérie : dans les nouvelles archives de la raison d'État". 4 July 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
3. ^ "Lettres, notes et carnets, tome 8 : 1958-1960". Archived from the original on 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
4. ^ "Angers. De qui l'école Marie-Talet est-elle le nom ?". 22 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2023-01-22. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
5. ^ Bancaud, Alain (2002). Justice, politique et République: de l'affaire Dreyfus à la guerre d'Algérie. Editions Complexe. pp. 258–259\. ISBN 978-2-87027-926-7. Archived from the original on 2023-11-25. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
6. ^ Le tribunal militaire acquitte trois officiers accusés de tortures ayant entraîné la mort d'une musulmane

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Algerian War (1954–1962)

Background|

| Settler
colonialism|

* French conquest of Algeria
* Invasion of Algiers
* Atrocities
* Mokrani Revolt
* Deportations

| French Algeria|

* Algerian popular resistance
* Algerian nationalism
* Attempted reforms
* 1920 petition
* Jonnart Law
* 1943 manifesto
* Divide and rule policies
* Crémieux Decree
* Kabyle myth
* French Union
* Indigénat
* Legal status [fr]
* Pied noir
* Sétif and Guelma massacre

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Other factors|

* Cold War
* Decolonisation of Africa

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* Brazzaville Conference (1944)
* First Indochina War (1946–54)
* Malagasy Uprising (1947–49)
* Massacre of 14 July 1953 in Paris

War|

| Chronology [fr]
of key events|

* Declaration of 1 November 1954
* Toussaint Rouge
* Battle of Philippeville
* Soummam conference
* Battle of Algiers
* Hijacking of the FLN plane
* Operation Corsica
* Week of barricades [fr]
* Algiers putsch

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War crimes /
human rights
violations|

* Torture
* Sexual violence
* Killing of Saadia Mebarek
* Charonne subway massacre
* Paris massacre

Reactions|

* Communauté française
* Constantine Plan
* FLN football team
* Manifesto of the 121
* Proposed partition of Algeria [fr]

End of the war|

* 1961 French referendum on Algerian self-determination
* Évian Accords
* referendum
* Algerian independence

Legacy and
aftermath|

* May 1958 crisis
* French Fifth Republic
* Year of Africa
* Aftermath in Algeria
* 1962 Algerian crisis
* Effects in Algerian politics
* Films

| Monuments and
commemorations|

* 1 November 1954 Stadiums
* Algiers
* Batna
* El Oued
* Tizi Ouzou
* Martyrs' Memorial
* Memorial to the Liberation of Algeria

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Groups|

| Pro-independence|

* National Liberation Front
* National Liberation Army
* Algerian National Movement
* Algerian Communist Party
* Oujda Group

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Anti-independence|

* France
* French Armed Forces
* Commandos de Chasse
* La Main Rouge
* Front Algérie Française
* Organisation armée secrète

Other groups|

* Defectors from the French army to the ALN
* Harkis
* Women

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