Word: bachir
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...after Boumedienne's death last December, Chadli has released two jailed comrades of Ben Bella from pre-independence days-Ferhat Abbas and Ben Khedda-as well as eleven political prisoners who had been convicted of trying to overthrow Boumedienne in 1969. Associates of Ben Bella were exultant. Said Bachir Boumaza, his onetime Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, who is in exile in Geneva: "We are now entering a new phase in Algeria's history." Still, Ben Bella was unlikely to try a political comeback. Though he is now free to see visitors at his new home...
Open Case. Ben Barka's corpse was never found, nor were his suspected murderers. Even though the scandal has died down, the case remains open. Last October, one day before the tenth anniversary of his father's disappearance, Ben Barka's son Bachir, 25, brought judicial proceedings under French law "against unknown persons" for murder and complicity to murder, a maneuver to prevent the statute of limitations from running...
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