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Kabylia - France - Autonomy

The french revolution and the autonomy of Kabylia

2 July 2010

EDMUND BURKE VERSUS THOMAS PAINE OR ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA VERSUS FERHAT MEHENNI “History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.” -Thomas Jefferson The French Revolution (...)continue

Kabylia - Colonialism

14 June 2010

The MAK Commemorates the Anniversary of the Historic March of 14 June 2001

TIMANIT I TMURT N YEQVAYLIYEN Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylia M-A-K The March of 14 June 2001 On 14 June 2001, Kabylia sent more than two million of its citizens in the streets of Algiers to hand the “Platform of (...)continue

Democracy - America

30 May 2010

Speech of Ferhat Mehenni before the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

United Nations The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Eighth Session Coordination of the French-speaking Indigenous Peoples (CAF) Algeria (...)continue

Tunisia - Autonomy

18 December 2009

Tunisia denies access to the MAK Leader Ferhat Mehenni

On the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, December 10, 2009, Ferhat Mehenni, Kabyle MAK (Movement for the autonomy of Kabylia ) leader has been held back at the Tunisian airport Tunis-Carthage, and escorted (...)continue

Arabism - Islam

16 July 2009

Muhammad’s Monsters: The War of Islam against Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa

The transformation of the broad Mideastern environment was a process of many centuries that culminated in the defacing and refashioning of many lands and peoples. Byzantine Asia Minor, Armenian Anatolia, and much of Kurdistan, became (...)continue

Identity - Tamazgha

3 July 2009

Berbers, Islam & Christianity

The cause of the Berbers is hardly known in this country. The writer Kateb Yacine, a Berber who refused to write in Arabic, but chose French, is celebrated in France, especially among Berbers-but unknown in this country, and his (...)continue

Racism - Asia

26 June 2009

Culture of Hate: A Racism which Denies the History and Sufferings of its Victims

This hate, which suppresses freedom of thought, and condemns difference, calls itself "Islamic jihad." It draws on religious texts whose interpretation other Muslims dispute. Moreover, because these moderate Muslims challenge this (...)continue

19 June 2009

Kabylia before the French Colonialism

Before the French occupation in 1830, Kabylia was in perpetual rebellion against the Ottoman oppressors. It often succeeded to make of its autonomy an accomplished fact. This was evidenced by events such as that where At-Umeqwran (...)continue

Celebration

6 June 2009

The movement for the autonomy of Kabylia eighth anniversary

On 5 June 2001, a new hope was born in Kabylia: That of a regional autonomy. Now the Kabyle people will no longer turn in circles as he used to do previously, like someone lost in history. The blocked horizon of the linguistic claim (...)continue

Algeria - Genocide

2 June 2009

Amnesty Int’l Report 2009 on Algeria, Misfocused on Christian Convert, Oblivious of Berber Nation

Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis May 31, 2009 I have repeatedly defended religious groups that happen to be targeted, marginalized and persecuted, from Iraq’s Aramaeans to the Najran Oasis’ Yemenite Shias of Saudi (...)continue

Japan

19 May 2009

Of the Importance of Strong Relations between Japan and Kabylia

When I arrived in Japan (Nihon) last year, I was surprised to see that no Japanese has heard of our existence as Kabylians (Kabylian-jin). The majority of the friendly Japanese people (Nihon-jin) with whom I have had the pleasure to (...)continue

Morocco - Discrimination

24 March 2009

The Moroccan constitution negates the existence of the Amazigh people and its identity

Preliminary remarks about Morocco’s report on human rights practices that will be discussed with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva on 20 April,2009 Despite the fact that the country is (...)continue

Rif

2 March 2009

Morocco: Rights group demands to know activist’s fate

Casablanca, 19 Feb. (AKI) - Human Rights Watch has called on Moroccan authorities to immediately disclose the whereabouts of human rights activist, Chekib el-Khiari who has not been seen since he reported to the judicial police in (...)continue

Diaspora

23 February 2009

Rabat forbids berber names

The Dutch from Morocco can’t give berber names to their children according to moroccan authorities. Thus, the Islamic identity is being emphasized. This week, the moroccan government sent a list of forbidden names to all the (...)continue

Dictatorship

17 October 2008

Happened in Algeria :Four Years Of Imprisonment For Non-Respect Of Ramadan

On Tuesday October 7, 2008, a human rights defender reported that six people in Algeria have been accused of non-respect of Muslims Ramadan fasting, and have been sentenced to four years in prison each by the court of Biskra (420 Km (...)continue

24 September 2008

Amazigh Names Rejected by the Authorities in Tizi-Wuzu

Nobody has expected such a scorn case of the Amazigh (Berber) identity denial at the heart of kabylia. The officials of the public record department or the civil status of the city of Tizi-Wuzu are not at their first misdemeanor. In (...)continue

Europe

19 September 2008

Amazigh democratic party wrote to the president of the European Parliament, Mr. Hans-Gert POTTENG, about human rights violation in Morocco

To Mr. Hans-Gert POTTENG, President of the European Parliament, The Members of The European Parliament Subject: Human Rights in Morocco The European Union is linked to Morocco by an "Association Agreement" which entered into force (...)continue

Religion - Justice

16 June 2008

Algerian Dissident Journalist Arezki Ait Larbi: Stop "Witchcraft Trials" For Christians in Algeria

In the western Algerian city of Tiaret, a 37-year-old convert to Christianity is currently on trial for "practicing a non-Muslim religion without authorization," under a 2006 law regulating the religious practice of non-Muslims. The (...)continue

France

29 March 2008

Imazighen does not exist in the U.N. agenda

In French > 21. Community members stated that the commonly felt sense of exclusion and alienation is leading to an unfortunate anti‑integration reaction, in which members of minority groups are retreating from mainstream (...)continue

14 March 2008

A short reaction to the US Report on Human Rights Practices - 2007- in Algeria.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007 Algeria The ethnic Berber minority of about nine million centered in the Kabylie region participated freely and actively in the political process and represented one-third of the (...)continue

Language

18 December 2007

Freedom of Speech - in Any Language

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, many have rightly cited the Middle East’s democracy deficit as one of the prime reasons that the region has produced so much terrorism and political violence. In a November (...)continue

Lybia

1 November 2007

Libyan Working Group at the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Mr. Chairman ... distinguished members: Good afternoon We came here from a country called LIBYA... Libya, the past history, a well known name that doesn’t necessitate any further historical background. A name associated with all (...)continue

5 September 2007

Five sentenced for Christian doctrine preaching and public order offences

2006 legal texts on religious practice implemented Five people were sentenced earlier in June for charges related preaching Christian doctrine and public order offences by virtue of the law on the religious practice in Algeria (...)continue

Development - Ecology

29 June 2007

Indigenous peoples of Africa

Background and ethnic overview The indigenous peoples of North Africa are the Imazighn, known as Berbers to the West and including the nomadic and oasis dwelling Tuareg people in the south. They claim their indigenous identity in the (...)continue

Media

2 June 2007

Incriminating evidence

Revelations of a former conscience prisoner: Lambèse: the medieval Alcatraz July 5th, 1985, Algeria celebrated the 23rd anniversary of its independence. The martyrs’ children that formed non-legalized associations, because (...)continue

1 June 2007

Eleven years ago, Mohamed Haroun disappeared after a long disease.

In the different testimonies on Haroun, people always evoke his intelligence. Already eleven years since his disappearance, and Haroun Mohamed called Massin U Harun, has yet disappeared neither from the spirit of the people nor from (...)continue

12 February 2007

An American witness

This is a letter written by a concerned American that is presently living and doing business in Morocco. I am truly amazed by what I observed this past weekend (Saturday 3 February 2007). The following is a synopsis of the event that (...)continue

12 December 2006

The Amazigh League For Human Rights in Morocco denonce

The final communiqué of the first national council,"BOUJMÂA ELHABBAZ Session" The first national council of the Amazigh League For Human Rights -BOUJMÂA ELHABBAZ Session -was held at the youth hostel in Bouzakarn (Rabat-Morocco) on (...)continue

23 October 2006

Culture Ministry’s review board censors new play

"Corps-otages" (Khamsoun), a new play by Jalila Baccar and Fadhel Jaibi, is censored in Tunisia The Ministry of Culture’s review board has announced the censorship of playwright Jalila Baccar’s new work, "Corps-otages" (...)continue

25 May 2006

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF AFRICA

Regional Review The indigenous peoples of North Africa are the Imazighn, known as Berbers to the West and including the nomadic and oasis dwelling Tuareg people in the south. They claim their indigenous identity in the face of (...)continue

29 April 2006

France Denies its Responsibilities for its Nuclear Tests in Algeria and Polynesia

It takes political maturity for a nation to recongize its historical responsibilities. Japan has been consistently apologizing for its bad behavior in the second world war, and yet the nations that fell victims of its abuses continue (...)continue

12 April 2006

Briton’s book gives voice to gay Arabs

’Unspeakable Love’ takes overdue look at region’s most misunderstood lifestyle BEIRUT: When Salim, a 20-year-old Egyptian, told his family that he was gay, they packed him off for six months of psychiatric treatment. (...)continue

20 March 2006

Marocco, arrest of 9 Amazighs militant students in Agadir

We, the militants of the Amazigh cause in Beni Mellal, bitterly denounce the arrestation of 9 students of the Amazigh Movement (Ayt Ghighush) in the university of Agadir, Morocco. The latters wanted to organise a cultural activity but (...)continue

Egypt

9 March 2006

Activists Condemn Curbs On Internet

Rights groups have condemned several Arab governments for blocking websites devoted to freedom of speech on political and social issues, calling the move an attempt to limit the free exchange of information. "Most Arab governments (...)continue

9 March 2006

Freedom of Expression Groups Urge Authorities to Release Mohammed Abbou And All Other Prisoners of Opinion

The following is a 1 March 2006 joint declaration by members of the IFEX-TMG: On the first anniversary of the jailing of Tunisian internet writer, lawyer and human rights activist Mohammed Abbou, international freedom of expression (...)continue

9 March 2006

Assessment for Tuareg in Niger

Risk Assessment The Tuareg in Niger exhibit several risk factors for rebellion, including territorial concentration and regime instability in the recent past. Many of the grievances that sparked the 1990 rebellion have yet to be (...)continue

9 March 2006

Assessment for Berbers in Algeria

Risk Assessment Algerian Berbers possess several risk factors for rebellion. These include persistent protest in the past decade, territorial concentration and high levels of group organization and cohesion. While Berbers have not (...)continue

9 March 2006

Assessment for Berbers in Morocco

Risk Assessment Moroccan Berbers have no significant risks for rebellion in the near future, despite their history of violent uprising as recently as the 1980s. Political protest has continued at fairly low levels throughout the 1980s (...)continue

7 February 2006

The human rights status of the Tamazight Speaking in Libya

Libya: In the heart of North Africa, Libya is a well-known name in history and geography; Herodotus, the great historian, called Africa “Libya” during his time. The name “Libya” goes back to the Libico tribes (...)continue

27 January 2006

Freedom of Speech - in Any Language

... Overly Arabized Algeria Algeria, although a member of the Arab League, is linguistically diverse. A majority of the country’s inhabitants speak Algerian-dialect spoken Arabic. But Algeria’s heritage includes Berber, (...)continue

25 January 2006

Live Coverage from the UN Permanent

Dialogue between nations The following Press Release is an English translation by Helene Hagan, President of Tazzla Institute, of a document released by the Federal Council (Legislative Body) of the Amazigh World Congress, (CMA) on (...)continue

25 January 2006

Mohamed Chafik

Mohamed Chafik was born on the 17th of September, 1926, at Ayt Sadden, in the region of Fès. A former pupil of Azru College, Mr. Chafik was one of the rare graduates of this college to opt for a civil career. After having obtained a (...)continue

19 December 2005

Calls to end Libya’s naming ban

A charity headed by the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son has called on the government to lift a 1970s ban on the registration of non-Arab names. It follows a visit by Seif al-Islam Gaddafi to the minority Amazigh communities (...)continue

9 February 2005

Victims of Human rights

Victims of Human rights deliver poignant testimonies of sufferings In the first session of hearings into past human rights abuses, victims delivered on Tuesday poignant testimonies of their sufferings as as detainees or relatives of a (...)continue

21 November 2004

Morocco’s Invisible Imazighen

Abstract: This paper asserts that Morocco’s Imazighen (Berbers) are often ignored in current academic literature. When they are not ignored Berbers tend to be presented in historical or apolitical terms. This situation is in (...)continue

Conflict

8 September 2004

Morocco bans historical conference

The Moroccan authorities have stepped in to block a conference being organised by a campaign group which alleges that the Spanish army used toxic gas to quell a Berber uprising in the 1920s. The group, calling itself the Association (...)continue

28 November 2003

The other intifada

Algeria’s Berber minority resists assimilation into Arab culture. After a two-year uprising against military rule, can they help redefine governance in the Middle East? ’’WE ARE ARABS, we are Arabs, we are (...)continue

25 July 2003

Algeria : Unrest and impasse in Kabylia

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS In late April 2001, lethal provocations by elements of Algeria’s National Gendarmerie triggered protracted and deadly rioting in Kabylia. That the unrest from Kabylia’s Black Spring (...)continue

31 May 2003

Onu/Cerd Maroc

Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination : Morocco. 21/03/2003. CERD/C/62/CO/5. (Concluding Observations/Comments) Convention Abbreviation : CERD UNEDITED VERSION COMMITTEE ON THE (...)continue

20 April 2003

ONU/CERD Conclusions - Tunisie

Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination : Tunisia. 21/03/2003. CERD/C/62/CO/10. (Concluding Observations/Comments) Convention Abbreviation : CERD UNEDITED VERSION COMMITTEE ON THE (...)continue

24 January 2003

18 Political Prisoners Are Dying In Algeria

Eighteen political prisoners in the Kabylie region, about 100 kms east of the capital Algiers, have reached the limit of their physical strength and their lives are at stake due to a hunger strike that is going on its third week, with (...)continue

4 May 2002

Chomsky in North Kurdistan: Mother tongue is the most basic human right

London (KurdishMedia.com) 15 February 2002: Noam Chomsky, the world famous linguist and an intellectual known for his criticism of American foreign policy, is in Amed (Diyarbakir), Kurdistan by an invitation from the Diyarbakir (...)continue

3 August 2001

Condemning Recent Events in Kabylia

World Algeria Action Coalition May 1, 2001 The lack of the most basic human rights—that of one’s self identification—as well as the authoritarian and adamant denial to recognize the indigenous language, Tamazight, (...)continue

17 May 2000

Berbers demand "native rights"

The annual Labour Day march in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, has been marked by a rally of Berber activists calling for an end to Arab dominance in Morocco. Amid tight security, some 200 Berber activists took part in the annual (...)continue

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