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On October 17, Mathilde Panot called to not forget the Algerians who, according to her, had been repressed in blood by the French police on October 17, 1961, under the orders of Maurice Papon. She demanded that what she called a state crime be acknowledged. https://t.co/Op1vRBYv24 #Algérie #Mémoire #Justice (translated)

Bally Bagayoko recalled that, on October 17, 1961, nearly 30,000 Algerian men and women demonstrated unarmed in Paris against the curfew and for the equality and independence of Algeria. He mentioned more than 11,000 arrests, hundreds of deaths, and bodies thrown into the Seine, as well as decades of lies. He indicated that a march took place that very evening in Saint-Denis, for the first time, and presented the commemoration as a commitment to pass on this memory. He also paid tribute to Fatima Bedar, aged 15, who had come to support the demonstrators with her schoolbag and was found drowned in the canal. A city garden now bears her name, he wrote, adding that she should not remain an anonymous victim. Bagayoko believed that justice involved recognizing the crime of state. He stated that he had signed a petition from mayors demanding this recognition, the inclusion of October 17 on the calendar of national days, the complete opening of archives, support for transmission to young people, and assistance for survivors and their families. He called on every political force to take a clear stance, deeming 65 years of silence sufficient. According to him, acknowledging the facts was not about repentance, but about facing history and reminding children in working-class neighborhoods that their history mattered. He finally presented the memory of October 17 as a bulwark against the hatred used in electoral campaigns and the sorting of French people according to their origins. #Mémoire #Justice #Égalité (translated)

The author wrote that on October 17, 1961, in Paris, thousands of Algerians had peacefully demonstrated against the discriminatory curfew imposed on them. He stated that the police repressed the demonstration with extreme violence, under the authority of the prefect, during the Algerian War. https://t.co/oXQjRqhwrs #Histoire #Algérie #DroitsHumains #DZ #FR (translated)

The author wrote that an inscription stating "We drown Algerians" symbolized October 17, 1961, a date he associated with racist state crimes. He noted that the 65th anniversary was being commemorated and reminded that a curfew had been imposed by the prefect. https://t.co/h0UWMczIsP #Algérie #Histoire #Mémoire #DZ (translated)

Impact recalled that, 65 years ago, thousands of Algerians had peacefully protested in Paris against a discriminatory curfew. The account stated that the French police had violently repressed the demonstration, beating and chasing participants, some of whom had been killed and thrown into the Seine. It attributed the massacre to authorities under the responsibility of Prefect Maurice Papon and indicated that France had never officially acknowledged it as a state crime. #Mémoire #Algérie #Justice (translated)

Ilan Gabet wrote that the prefecture had banned a planned demonstration near the commemorative stele to honor the Algerians killed by the police on October 17, 1961. He claimed that the French police had beaten to death and shot Algerians who were protesting against a curfew imposed by the French authorities, before throwing their bodies into the Seine. He called this ban disgraceful. #Histoire #Manifestation #Mémoire (translated)

Christophe Gleizes, a journalist detained in Algeria for nearly 500 days, is holding on as his parents and Reporters Without Borders urge France to intervene quickly for his release in the face of the indifference of the Algerian authorities. #ChristopheGleizes #Libération #Algérie (translated)

The parents of Christophe Gleizes, a journalist detained in Algeria for nearly 500 days, have expressed their concern by stating that they have had no news from the Algerian government and have called for help for their son. #ChristopheGleizes #Algérie #LibertéDeLaPresse (translated)

The post indicated that the parents of Christophe Gleizes had called on French leaders to act quickly to secure the release of the journalist, who has been imprisoned in Algeria for nearly 500 days. https://t.co/RTvdhUloGp #LibertéDeLaPresse #Journalisme #Algérie #DZ #FR (translated)

Bally Bagayoko wrote that, on October 17, 1961, hundreds of Algerian women and men were killed by Papon's police while they were peacefully protesting, and many were thrown into the Seine. He indicated that he had signed the mayors' call asking for this crime to be recognized as a crime of state, and he called for truth, memory, and justice. #17Octobre #Mémoire #Justice (translated)

About thirty mayors from France are calling for the recognition of the massacre of October 17, 1961, of Algerian demonstrators in Paris as a crime of state and for this date to be added to the official calendar of national days. #17Octobre1961 #Reconnaissance #MémoireCollective (translated)