Jacques Vergès
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Jacques Vergès (French pronunciation: [ʒak vɛʁʒɛs]; 5 March 1925 – 15 August 2013) was a French-Algerian lawyer of Vietnamese origin and anti-colonial activist. Vergès began as a fighter in the French Resistance during World War II, under Charles de Gaulle's Free French forces. After becoming a lawyer, he became well known for his defense of FLN militants during the Algerian War of Independence. He was later involved in a number of controversial and high-profile legal cases, with a series of defendants charged with terrorism, serial murder, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. This include…
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Sacrée soirée
1987 · TV
On n'est pas couché
2006 · TV
The Abdallah Case
2026 · Movie
My Enemy's Enemy
2007 · Movie
Brothers in Arms
1992 · Movie
Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve)
2008 · Movie
Facing Genocide: Khieu Samphan and Pol Pot
2010 · Movie
Terror's Advocate
2007 · Movie
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988 · Movie
Guerres secrètes du FLN en France
2010 · Movie
In the Darkroom
2013 · Movie
Manifesto of the 121
2011 · Movie