The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) in Switzerland is proceeding with charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against General Khaled Nezzar, who was formerly Chief of Staff of the Algerian army and Algeria’s Defence Minister, in what has been described as a “historic” case. Nezzar is accused of committing crimes during Algeria’s brutal civil war, which began in 1992 when the military staged a coup and annulled elections which the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) were on the verge of winning. The war lasted until 2000 and claimed an estimated 200,000 lives. The Algerian army has bee…