Algerian Genocide refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Algerian Muslim Arab population of the French Algeria in 1945 and during the Algerian War (1954-1962) by French Army. The 1954-1962 war of independence cost the lives of 1.5 million Algerians, according to the Algiers government. Approximately 1.5 million Algerian Muslim Arabs were tortured and massacred under the french rule. It was implemented through massacres, mass murder and torture. The total number of resulting deaths is generally held to have been between 350,000 to 1,5 million. In 1957 the International Red Cross disclosed the widespread use of torture by the french army and police against thousands of Algerians.



