Algeria's parliament has unanimously passed a law declaring France's colonization of the North African state a crime, demanding an apology and reparations. This legislation also criminalizes the glorification of colonialism, signaling a significant deterioration in diplomatic relations between the two countries.

• The law states France bears "legal responsibility" for "tragedies it caused" and that "full and fair" compensation is an "inalienable right of the Algerian state and people."
• France's colonization of Algeria spanned from 1830 to 1962, with Algeria claiming 1.5 million deaths during the war of independence.
• The vote comes amidst growing international pressure for Western powers to offer reparations for slavery and colonialism, and to return looted artifacts still kept in their museums, such as the 16th Century Baba Merzoug canon currently in Brest, France.