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"'''''J'Accuse, complimenti'''''
"'''''J'Accuse...!'''''" ({{IPA-fr|ʒ‿a.kyz}}; "I Accuse...!") is an [[open letter]] that was published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper ''[[L'Aurore]]'' by [[Émile Zola]] in response to the [[Dreyfus affair]]. Zola addressed [[President of France]] [[Félix Faure]] and accused his [[Government of France|government]] of [[antisemitism]] and the unlawful jailing of [[Alfred Dreyfus]], a French Army General Staff officer who was sentenced to lifelong penal servitude for [[espionage]]. Zola pointed out judicial errors and lack of serious evidence. The letter was printed on the front page of the newspaper and caused a stir in France and abroad. Zola was prosecuted for [[Defamation|libel]] and found guilty on 23 February 1898. To avoid imprisonment, he fled to England, returning home in June 1899.▼
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Other pamphlets proclaiming Dreyfus's innocence include [[Bernard Lazare]]'s ''A Miscarriage of Justice: The Truth about the Dreyfus Affair'' (November 1896).
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