France: Deputy Is Threatened By Death

Sabrina Sebaikhi deputy, who achieves state recognition of the 1961 Paris Revenue, during which hundreds of Algerians died in France, said she was threatened by death.

Vice-President of Friendship Group France Aljir in the National Assembly of Sebaikhi in an interview with the Parisian magazine Le Courrier de L’Tlas spoke about the continued diplomatic crisis between France and Algeria and the murder threats received by it.

French deputy of Algerian origin, said: “Every time I mention Algeria, unfortunately, I am subjected to insults.”

Sebaihi said that he received a letter with threats in April 2023, when he was a speaker at the suggestion aimed at the French state recognized the “Parisian Rezli of 1961”, adding that he filed a complaint.

Sebaikhi said that she was sent a photograph of a knife covered with blood, emphasizing that she was threatened with death and she was very scared.

“They say that I am not a Frenchwoman, and I deserve the death penalty, said Sebaikhi, adding that she will not give up in the face of these threats.

She achieves from France the recognition of the Networks, during which thousands of Algerians were killed in the Algerian city of Netef.

– a process that led to the “Parisian Rebel of 1961”

On October 5, 1961, a commandant hour was introduced in France for the Algerians living in Paris and its environs.

About 30 thousand Algerians organized a peaceful demonstration on October 17, 1961 to respond to the commandant hour in Paris and support the struggle for independence in their country.

Protesters encountered a harsh police intervention on the orders of Maurice Pope, the then chief of the Paris Police.

Thousands of people were injured, about 14 thousand people were detained. It is officially unknown how many people died as a result of the incident, eyewitnesses and independent sources claim that most of the more than 300 Algerians were shot dead by the French police.

Witnesses also report that some demonstrators were killed in the garden of the Paris police department and in metro stations.

France recognized the death of 40 people in 1998, but has not yet recognized this massacre as a “state crime.”

In March 2024, the French parliament adopted a resolution condemning the “Parisian massacre of 1961”.