French paratroopers arrested Larbi Ben M’hidi, a central FLN leader, during the Battle of Algiers. He was interrogated in military custody and later killed extrajudicially. French authorities initially represented his death as suicide; later admissions and historical investigations established that he was murdered. His case illustrates how detention and torture operated beyond meaningful legal accountability.
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When was Larbi Ben M’hidi arrested?
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Historical records date his arrest to 23 February 1957; France later acknowledged responsibility for his killing.
Ben M’hidi died by suicide in French custody.
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He was extrajudicially killed after arrest; the suicide account was false.