A gathering in Paris to pay tribute to the Algerian fighters who died during the war of liberation was banned on Sunday, February 18 by the police headquarters and strongly denounced by the far-right
Algiers, via the official press agency APS, did not appreciate that the Paris police headquarters banned, on Sunday, February 18, the demonstration which was to be organized for the commemoration of the National Day of the Shaheed, martyr, name given to Algerian fighters who died during the 1954-1962 war of liberation against France.
Prominent Algerian artists, actors, singers, journalists, and other public figures invite you to join them for the commemoration of Shaheed Day.
Another demonstration was also to be held the same day to commemorate the outbreak of the hirak, a large protest movement that led to the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika in February 2019.
In the name of “risk of serious disturbances to public order”, the police chief had also banned this demonstration.
“Alongside many people who met this Sunday, you have denied all predictions, proving for the umpteenth time your attachment to the motherland and thus proving that Algeria is one and indivisible,” continues the ‘APS.
On social networks, a video shows that around fifteen people had gathered, despite the ban, at Place de la Nation, before the police intervened. Images were also shared of a small gathering held in Marseille.
The Commission of Historians met four times
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who could travel to France this year for a state visit although no date has yet been set, made a speech to mark the day on February 17, without commenting on the relationship bilateral.
A joint Franco-Algerian commission, made up of ten French and Algerian historians, and co-chaired by Benjamin Stora and the Algerian researcher Mohamed Lahcen Zighidi, met four times.
The creation of this commission was announced in August 2022 in Algiers by the French and Algerian presidents with the aim of “looking together at this historical period” from the start of French colonization (1830) until the end of the War of Independence. (1962).
In France, the prospect of a demonstration in tribute to the Algerians killed during the war of independence has also angered the far right.
Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally (RN, far right) and MEP, challenged the Minister of the Interior on X, judging that this “tribute to the Algerian FLN terrorists” was an “insult” to France.
The demonstration planned tomorrow in Paris for “Chahid Day”, paying tribute to the terrorists of the Algerian FLN, is an insult to our country.
What does @GDarmanin, usually so quick to ban, think of this gathering which exalts hatred of France on its soil?
Marion Maréchal, candidate for the European elections for Reconquête!, the far-right political party founded in 2021 to support the candidacy of Éric Zemmour in the presidential election, also reacted to relayed the call for this gathering.
This RMC journalist wishes to celebrate tomorrow in Paris the “Chahids” of the FLN who killed and massacred French people and Harkis, soldiers and civilians alike.
What is she doing in France when her country has been independent since 1962?
