Gisèle Halimi

Tunisian-French lawyer and politician (1927–2020)

Gisèle Halimi (born Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb, Arabic: زايزا جيزيل إليز طيب; 27 July 1927 – 28 July 2020) was a Tunisian-French lawyer, politician, essayist and feminist activist. As a lawyer, she defended activists fighting for the Algerian nationalism, then a French colony, from the 1950s onwards, including members of the National Liberation Front (Algeria) (FLN). From 1960 onwards, she defended the activist and militant Djamila Boupacha, who was accused of attempted murder and then survived torture and rape while being detained by French soldiers.

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