Zohra Drif
Arrest and imprisonment
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==Arrest and imprisonment == |
==Arrest and imprisonment == |
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Prior to her arrest, Drif was aware of the fact she was increasingly pursued by colonial authorities and from April 1957 she had had close calls with capture. Furthermore, the capture of those close to Drif including her friend [[Djamila |
Prior to her arrest, Drif was aware of the fact she was increasingly pursued by colonial authorities and from April 1957 she had had close calls with capture. Furthermore, the capture of those close to Drif including her friend [[Djamila Bouhired]] further made her aware and cautious to the possibility of capture.{{cite book |last1=Drif |first1=Zohra |title=Inside the Battle of Algiers : Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter. |date=2017 |publisher=Just World Books |isbn=9781682570753 |page=334}} |
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Drif's final safe house was on 4 rue Canton which she moved to in April 1957 and stayed in until her eventual capture and arrest on 22 September 1957. Drif was arrested alongside her colleague and military chief of the ZAA's [[Saadi Yacef|Yacef Saâdi]].{{cite book |last1=McDougall |first1=James |title=History of Algeria |date=2017 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, England |isbn=9781139029230 |page=214}} Saâdi and Drif was taken by Villa Nador In the centre of Algiers. She was interviewed by the Colonial Authorities and held in solitary confinement but never subjected to the brutal torture methods synonymous with the regime.{{cite book |last1=Drif |first1=Zohra |title=Inside the Battle of Algiers : Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter. |date=2017 |publisher=Just World Books |isbn=9781682570753 |pages=362–386}} |
Drif's final safe house was on 4 rue Canton which she moved to in April 1957 and stayed in until her eventual capture and arrest on 22 September 1957. Drif was arrested alongside her colleague and military chief of the ZAA's [[Saadi Yacef|Yacef Saâdi]].{{cite book |last1=McDougall |first1=James |title=History of Algeria |date=2017 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, England |isbn=9781139029230 |page=214}} Saâdi and Drif was taken by Villa Nador In the centre of Algiers. She was interviewed by the Colonial Authorities and held in solitary confinement but never subjected to the brutal torture methods synonymous with the regime.{{cite book |last1=Drif |first1=Zohra |title=Inside the Battle of Algiers : Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter. |date=2017 |publisher=Just World Books |isbn=9781682570753 |pages=362–386}} |
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