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Thiaroye Massacre: the French State Condemned for Concealing the Circumstances of the Death of an African Gunner
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Radio France Internationale
JeuneAfrique.comThis is a historic decision of the Paris Administrative Court on Friday, March 27. More than 80 years after Thiaroye's bloodbath, the French courts condemned the state for concealing the circumstances of this massacre by the colonial army of African tirailers, who claimed their pay after fighting for France.
The Paris Administrative Court notes that the French authorities "issued several erroneous information" to the soldier's family in the years following his death and "did not use all the means (...) at their disposal to shed light on the precise circumstances of his death".
In 1944, the army opened fire in Thiaroye, Senegal, on tirailleurs who had fought for France and demanded their pay.
The administrative court in Paris had been seized by the son of one of the tirailers who, after having served France during the Second World War, was killed by the French army at the same time as others claiming payment of their pay.
More than 80 years after the tragedy, a judicial decision revived the memory of the Thiaroye Massacre. On Friday, 27 March, the Paris Administrative Court recognized the responsibility of the French State for concealing the precise circumstances of the death of an African tirailleur killed during this colonial repression. A historic decision of the French justice system Administrative justice found that the French authorities had committed a fau…
The French state has just been condemned by the courts for concealing the circumstances of the massacre of Thiaroye 1944. More than 80 years after the tragedy of Thiaroye 44, reports the AFP, the French justice has condemned the French state for having concealed the circumstances of this massacre perpetuated by the colonial army. A massacre against the African tirailers, who claimed their pay after having fought for France. Commission on 1 Decem…
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