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Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse...!
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Dreyfus affair
1894–1906 political scandal in France
The Dreyfus affair was a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. The scandal began in December 1894 when Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a 35-year-old Alsatian French artillery officer of Jewish descent, was wrongfully convicted…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
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Article 19.2 International Covenant on civil and political rights. of 1966 Lella C. Linton
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J'Accuse...!
1898 open letter by Émile Zola
"J'Accuse...!" is an open letter, written by Émile Zola in response to the events of the Dreyfus affair, that was published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper L'Aurore. Zola addressed the president of France, Félix Faure, and accused his government of antisemitism and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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