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Tortured for siding with France

The Harkis were Algerian Muslims who volunteered to fight with France in Algeria's war of independence. When the conflict came to an end in 1962 and France abandoned its former colony, thousands of its Harki allies were left behind and faced brutal persecution. Serge Carel, who joined the French army when he was just 18 years old, was among those Harki fighters imprisoned and tortured by Algeria's post-independence rulers. He's been telling Witness History about his ordeal.

Photo: Harki recruits in the French army in Algeria (courtesy of Serge Carel)

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