Algeria’s Senate Challenges Historic Law Declaring French Colonization a Crime

Algeria’s Senate Challenges Historic Law Declaring French Colonization a Crime

Algeria’s Senate has demanded revisions to a landmark law declaring France’s 1830–1962 colonization a crime, creating legislative discord just weeks after the lower house unanimously passed the bill. Legislative Disagreement On December 24, Algeria’s lower house voted to classify colonization as a crime with “legal responsibility,” while also demanding an…