Jacques Vergès
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Jacques Vergès was a French-Algerian lawyer of Vietnamese origin and anti-colonial activist. Vergès began as a fighter in the French Resistance during World War II, under Charles de Gaulle's Free Fren
Vergès appearing on the British TV programme After Dark in 1987: "Klaus Barbie"
Jacques Vergès at théâtre de la Madeleine, in Paris, 2008.
Caricature of Vergès and Klaus Barbie during the trial, by Calvi
Vergès on the first day of opening statements for the Samphan trial in 2011
Paul Vergès
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Paul Vergès was a Réunionese politician. Born in Ubon Ratchathani, Siam to a French diplomat father and Vietnamese mother. Vergès founded the Communist Party of Réunion in 1960, a party which he led u
Jacques Vergès
…But only if he agrees to plead guilty." Born on 5 March 1925 in Ubon Ratchathani, Siam, and brought up on the island of Réunion with his twin brother Paul Vergès, Jacques Vergès was the son of Raymond Vergès, a French doctor from Réunion, and a Vietnamese teacher named Pham Thi Khang. In 1942, with his father's…
Vergès in 2004