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May 11, 2022 · In 1986, Paris student Malik Oussekine died after being clubbed by police batons. It was a horrendous incident that is now the subject of a new Disney+ miniseries, writes Kaleem Aftab.
Malik Oussekine (16 October 1964 – 6 December 1986) was a French student of Algerian origin. He had been walking near student protests in Paris opposing university reforms (the so-called " Devaquet bill [fr]," named after politician Alain Devaquet) and proposed immigration restrictions.
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Oussekine's name has continued to reverberate among minorities and his tragic story inspired Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 crime drama "La Haine". But Oussekine's story had never been the subject of a full length dramatisation until now. Two versions are being released this month: a film "Nos Frangins" (Our Brothers), premieres at the Cannes Film Festiv...
"He was attacked because of the colour of his skin. He is France's Arab George Floyd," historian Pascal Blanchard told AFP, referring to the African-American whose death at the hands of police in 2020sparked massive international protests. He said much of French society had allowed Oussekine's story to be brushed under the carpet as with so much of...
France is still wrestling with the trauma of its colonial period, particularly the bloody war of independence in Algeria from 1954 to 1962. Among its darkest moments was the massacre of up to 200 Algerian protesters by police in Paris on October 17, 1961 – many of them shot dead and their bodies thrown into the Seine. The events of that day went of...
Director Chevrollier, who grew up in a small village in the Loire Valley, says he only became fully aware of the power of Oussekine's name when he moved to Paris and began to hang out with people from different backgrounds. He first heard the name in the rap song "L'Etat Assasin"by the band Assassin. "I hope the series will help ease the tensions t...
May 6, 2022 · On a December night in 1986, the city of light is incandescent with the rage of student protesters and Molotov cocktails. A young Franco-Algerian man, Malik Oussekine, is out on the...
Oussekine was transported to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead, though it was later revealed that he had died at the spot of the attack. News of his killing intensified the protests, and the laws were scrapped two days later.
Dec 7, 1986 · Oussekine, a French citizen born in Algeria, was left unconscious. An ambulance was called, but Oussekine died soon after reaching the hospital.
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Dec 9, 2022 · Filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb takes a look back at the deaths of Malik Oussekine and Abdel Benyahia at the hands of police officers, during the mass student protests of 1986.
