France finally acts to deliver justice in infamous Dreyfus case
by Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspon from World news | The Guardian on (#6XPN1)
More than century on, wronged officer is in line for posthumous promotion
More than a century ago he was wrongly convicted of treason in a case that convulsed France and laid bare a rising tide of antisemitism.
On Monday, French politicians took the first step towards remedying the injustice - unanimously backing a symbolic effort to promote Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish French army captain, to brigadier general.
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