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In 1997 alone, eight mosques and the Muslims pray-
ing in them were bombed. Thirty-three people were
killed and 211 injured (right).
In the Sidi-Hamed massacre of Jan. 11. 1998, some
350 people lost their lives (bottom right and center).
Some 300 people were killed as the result of an at-
tack by unidentified assailants in the Moussa region
in 1997. The picture below shows relatives trying to
identify bodies laid out in the street.

The oppression of Muslims by the Algerian police state has been going on non-stop for decades.As of
2001, there were 1 million political prisoners in the country's jails. The detainees are not brought to
court as there are no charges for them to face, so their periods in custody are extended again and
again. The authorities try to make the killings in jails look like suicides, or claim that prisoners at-
tacked their guards, or else suggest that the prisoners murdered each other.