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Djamila Boupacha (born 9 February 1938) is a former militant from the Algerian National Liberation Front. She was arrested in 1960 for attempting to bomb a cafe in Algiers. [1]
Djamila Boupacha, née le 9 février 1938 à Bologhine (anciennement Saint-Eugène), est une militante du Front de libération nationale algérien (FLN) arrêtée en 1960 pour une tentative d'attentat à Alger.
As a young radical woman, following the war of independence, Djamila Boupacha could not help but become embroiled in the often chaotic world of post-independence Algerian politics. Always outspoken, she made powerful enemies and on at least one occasion was briefly under arrest.
May 17, 2022 · Djamila Boupacha delivers a speech on 27 June 1962 in Algiers after being arrested, tortured and sexually assaulted by French soldiers. She was first sentenced to death before being released as part of the Evian Accords.
May 30, 2019 · Djamila Boupacha : the story of the torture of a young Algerian girl which shocked liberal French opinion. by. Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-. Publication date. 1962. Topics. Boupacha, Djamila, Algeria -- History -- 1945-1962. Publisher. New York : Macmillan.
In the years that passed between Bouhired and Boupacha's cases, accounts of the military's systematic use of torture against those fighting for Algerian independence proliferated. Pierre Vidal-Naquet edited a volume documenting the case of Maurice Audin's death in El Biar, the same prison where Djamila Boupacha would be held two years later.
she detailed the story of Djamila Boupacha, a female Algerian nationalist, seeking Algerian independence from France, who was arrested for allegedly bombing a café and was subsequently tortured by French military forces.
