Algerian law declares France's colonisation a crime12 hours agoShareSaveFarouk ChothiaShareSaveAFP via Getty ImagesFrance returned the remains of 24 Algerian resistance fighters in 2020Algeria's parliament has unanimously passed a law declaring France's colonisation of the North African state a crime, and demanding an apology and reparations. The law also criminalises the glorification of colonialism, state-run TV reports.The vote is the latest sign of increasingly strained diplomatic relations between the two countries, with some observers saying they are at their lowest since Algeria gained independence 63 years ago.France's colonisation of Algeria between 1830 and 1962 was marked by mass killings, large-scale deportations and ended in a bloody war of independence. Algeria says the war killed 1.5 million people, while French historians put the death toll much lower.France's President Emmanuel Macron has previously acknowledged the colonisation of Algeria was a "crime against humanity" but has not offered an apology.Lawmakers wore scarves in the colours of the national flag and chanted "long live Algeria" as they applauded the bill's passage through parliament, AFP news agency reports.French relief as Algeria frees jailed novelist at centre of diplomatic crisisFrench row with Algeria escalates further with tit-for-tat expulsionsOutcry after Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years in jailIt says the legislation states that France has "legal responsibility" f