Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Palestinian platforms: Settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque complex under the protection of the occupation police
Palestinian platforms: The IOF detonated a booby-trapped robot east of the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City
Syrian Defense: We call on all parties in Sweida to cooperate with security forces and exercise restraint
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: The Lebanese Army is continuing its investigations and will later announce any information that does not affect the confidentiality of the investigation
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: It has not yet been determined whether the detainees belong to ISIS or another organization
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Around 10 people of different nationalities, including Lebanese nationals, were detained
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: The Lebanese army arrested a number of people in the Matn area of Mount Lebanon with possession it has not disclosed
Gaza Civil Defense spokesman: We have strong indications that there are martyrs, injuries, and trapped people in the Salah al-Din area
Gaza Civil Defense spokesman: Citizens should avoid Salah al-Din Street because anyone who approaches it is at risk of being directly targeted
Gaza Civil Defense spokesman: Reality is that there is a very limited retreat of the vehicles, with the occupation forces providing cover undeer fire up to Salah al-Din Street

Frenchman's killing in colonial Algeria deemed 'unforgivable' by son

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 5 Jun 2022 20:18
2 Min Read

The son of a French anti-imperialist tortured and killed at the hands of France has said he cannot forgive the matter.

  • x
  • Frenchman's killing in colonial Algeria deemed unforgivable by son
    Maurice Audin; a communist who believed in Algeria's independence (AFP)

The son of a French anti-imperialist tortured and killed by the French army during Algeria's independence war has stated that he cannot forgive and that the "truth" is more important than Paris' apologies.

Maurice Audin, a mathematician and communist who backed Algeria's cause for independence, was assassinated in 1957, three years into an eight-year war that ended French colonial domination. His corpse was never discovered.

In 2018, the French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged that Audin had "died under torture stemming from the system instigated while Algeria was part of France," asking Audin's widow for forgiveness.

Read more: Macron Underwhelmingly Condemns Paris Massacre of Algerians

However, Audin's son, Pierre, who was in the nation to get an Algerian passport and to witness the presentation of a bust of his father on Sunday, said Macron's apology was "too little, too late."

"What's important is to tell the truth. Not to say, 'I wash my hands of it, I've asked for forgiveness,'" he told AFP. 

Related News

Legal troubles worsen for Le Pen as French far-right struggles: FT

Macron calls on UK to recognize Palestine during State visit

"There can be no forgiveness -- it was unforgivable."

Pierre was a month and a half old when his father was killed, waiting the majority of his life to have his father's assassination recognized.

"When the president visited my mother (to apologize) I was 61 and already retired... a lifetime had passed," he stated.

Pierre Audin stated that he "only really felt the need" for an Algerian passport following Macron's apologies.

Read more: Macron Questions Existence of Algeria Before French Colonization

He stated that he thinks the paper would assist him in locating his father's remains, which were never retrieved.

"A few days before my mother died, I promised her I would continue looking for the remains," he said.

Since then, Macron has admitted that the French army was responsible for the execution of nationalist lawyer Ali Boumendjel, returned the skulls of 19th-century Algerian resistance members, and opened French official archives on the Algerian war.

However, memories of the colonial past continue to spark diplomatic spats between Paris and Algiers, which is celebrating 60 years of independence on July 5.

Read more: "Desperate" Macron wants "calming down" in Algeria Ties

  • Emmanuel Macron
  • France
  • colonial era of Algeria
  • Algeria

Most Read

Hezbollah SG reveals war details on Al Mayadeen for the first time

Hezbollah SG reveals war details on Al Mayadeen for the first time

  • Politics
  • 8 Jul 2025
Major ambush in Gaza kills 6 Israeli troops, injures dozens

Major ambush in Gaza kills 5 Israeli troops, injures 14

  • Politics
  • 8 Jul 2025
Israeli soldiers are seen in Beit Hanoun ahead of an operation by the al-Qassam Brigades, undated (Al-Qassam Brigades Military Media)

'Israel' on blast as media exposes report discrepancies in Gaza ambush

  • Palestine
  • 8 Jul 2025
Yemen Navy sinks ETERNITY C ship, shares footage of operation

Yemen Navy sinks ETERNITY C ship, shares footage of operation

  • Politics
  • 9 Jul 2025

Coverage

All
The Ummah's Martyrs

Read Next

All
The Freedom Flotilla ship Handala as it departs for Gaza, where it aims to break the maritime blockade at a port in Syracuse, Sicily in southern Italy on July 13, 2025. (AFP)
Palestine

Freedom Flotilla's Handala departs Sicily in bid to break Gaza siege

The container ship CMA CGM Laperouse, left, docks at the Georgia Ports Authority's Port of Savannah, Sept. 29, 2021, in Savannah, Ga (AP)
Politics

US shipbuilding woes deepen as tariffs, outdated policies backfire

Gaza war raises ethical questions for ex-Obama, Biden officials
Politics

Mercenary firm tied to Gaza war crimes hires Obama-Biden PR operatives

'Israel' targets children in Gaza collecting water
Palestine

'Israel' strikes Gaza kids fetching water, blames it on 'malfunction'

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS