Movement for the autonomy of Kabylia

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The Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylia ( Kabyle Timanit i Tmurt n Iqbayliyen , French Mouvement pour l'Autonomie de la Kabylie , MAK for short ) is an Algerian organization founded in 2001 by Ferhat Mehenni . It sees itself as the non-violent autonomy movement of Kabylia in Algeria .

aims

Founded in 2001, the organization campaigns for the rights of the Kabyle indigenous minority , whom it identifies with the Berbers who were the first to populate North Africa. The movement expressed its frustration with the government's measures since independence to assimilate the remaining minorities into the Arab majority society .

The immediate goal of the movement is regional autonomy for the province of Kabylia , which, according to Mehenni, could be the first step towards the establishment of a federal Algerian state. The latter is considered the ultimate goal of the movement. Mehenni became president of a government- in- exile in France in 2010 with nine ministers, two of them women.

background

The violent death of 18-year-old schoolboy Massinissa Guermah at a police station in Kabylia in April 2001 sparked a wave of protests in which by 2003 Algerian security forces killed 128 mostly young Kabylian demonstrators. At the end of February 2011, the Algerian government ended the state of emergency . However, lawyers and human rights organizations continue to complain about harsh crackdowns by the security authorities and the judiciary in the fight against terrorism, in particular lengthy proceedings, prison terms and physical abuse.

According to the German government, the movement shows “ separatist tendencies” and is not recognized by Algeria. It does not play “currently a significant role in the Algerian political landscape”.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FRANCE - ALGERIA: Kabyle separatists set up Their Own government in France , Herald de Paris of 3 June 2010
  2. ↑ Printed matter 17/7242 (PDF; 95 kB), answer of the Federal Government to the small question from MPs and the DIE LINKE parliamentary group on the human rights situation in Kabylia