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[[File:J'accuse - Gallica - page 1.jpg|thumb|Front page cover of the newspaper ''L'Aurore'' for Thursday 13 January 1898, with the letter ''J'Accuse...!'', written by [[Émile Zola]] about the [[Dreyfus affair]]. The headline reads ''I Accuse...! Letter to the President of the Republic''.]]
"'''''J'Accuse...!'''''" ({{IPA|fr|ʒakyz}}; "I Accuse...!") is an [[open letter]], written by [[Émile Zola]] in response to the events of the [[Dreyfus affair]], that was published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper ''[[L'Aurore]]''. Zola addressed the [[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]], and sent to the [[penal colony]] on [[Devil's Island]] in [[French Guiana]]. Zola pointed out judicial errors and lack of serious evidence during Dreyfus' trial. 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.
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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