French film star Isabelle Adjani has boycotted a state dinner honoring Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, citing what she said were continuing human rights abuses in the North African nation.

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In an interview in the daily Liberation, Adjani, 45, said she turned down the invitation Wednesday from French President Jacques Chirac. "I refuse to be an accomplice," said Adjani, whose father was Algerian. "There's still no justice worthy of that name in Algeria."

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