Human Rights During The War For Independence
French sources estimated that at least 70,000 Muslim civilians were killed or abducted and presumed killed, by the FLN during the Algerian War. Citizens of European ethnicity (known as Pieds-Noirs) and Jews were also subjected to ethnic cleansing, resulting in a mass exodus. The number of Pied-Noirs who fled Algeria totaled more than one million between 1962 and 1964. Famous examples of FLN massacres include the Oran massacre of 1962 and the Philippeville massacre. An estimated 4,300 people were also killed in France by FLN related terrorism. 30-150,000 pro-French Muslims were also allegedly killed in Algeria by FLN in post-war reprisals:
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