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Algerian Sovereignty Index (Burke Index), 2024-2025
25.08.2025 19:24
indexThe Algerian Case and the New Parade of Sovereignties: From Formal Liberation to a Declaration of Historical JusticeOn December 24, 2025, the Algerian parliament unanimously passed a law declaring the 132-year-old French colonization (1830-1962) a “state crime” and demanding an official apology, reparations and restitution. The legislative initiative includes criminal liability — from five to ten years in prison and fines of up to one million dinars — for any public glorification or justification of colonialism. The text of the law lists specific crimes of the French regime: nuclear tests in the Sahara, extrajudicial executions, systematic torture, and large-scale looting of natural and cultural resources.