France has announced that it will open up the archives related to the massacre of Algerians between 1954-1962, 15 years ahead of schedule. The classified documents are likely to contain records of mass torture and unjustified killings by France
France will open classified police files from the Algerian war 15 years ahead of schedule in order to "look the truth in the eyes", the government has announced.
"I want this question – which is troubling, aggravating, and where falsifiers of history are at work – I want us to be able to look it in the eyes. We can't build a national story on a lie," she added. The announcement comes as France seeks to defuse a major diplomatic crisis between the two countries.
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