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The Wall Street Journal highlighted the independence declaration by Kabylia’s MAK movement after years of repression under the Algerian regime. “After half a century of working with human-rights and democratic groups in Algeria to liberalize the one-party police state, Kabyle spokesmen, including Mr. Mehenni, brought the case for decolonization to the U.N. A few days […]
Algeria’s U17 handball team has withdrawn from an Arab championship to avoid playing against a Moroccan squad with jerseys bearing the Kingdom’s full map including Sahara provinces. The decision is the second in a row involving the Moroccan map, after Algerian customs detained jerseys of RS Berkane football team. The African football federation had judged […]
The human rights situation in Algeria deteriorated in 2023 due to increased repression and violation of the freedoms of expression, press, assembly, and association, says the U.S State Department in its latest annual country report on the human rights situation in Algeria. The report cites documented cases of torture, arbitrary arrests, and inhuman treatment of […]
Chile’s Foundation for Human Rights Without Borders has strongly condemned the major human rights violations committed by the Algeria-backed Polisario militias in the Tindouf camps, saying the separatist group is threatening peace and stability in the whole North African region. In its latest press release, the NGO said most of the Polisario members are wanted […]
Russia is reported to have urged the Algerian regime to refrain from meddling in the domestic issues of Moscow’s allies in the region, Niger and Mali, news website Maghreb Intelligence reported. The warning came during a meeting in Algiers on April 14 between Russia’s MENA region envoy Mikhail Bogdanov with top Algerian military rulers. Bogdanov […]
The Confederation of African football has cancelled the first leg of semi-final of CAF Cup match that was scheduled Sunday in Algiers between USM Alger and Moroccan team Renaissance Sportive de Berkane after Algerian authorities refused to release the Moroccan club’s jerseys showing Morocco’s undivided map, including the Sahara. The CAF decision dealt a hard […]
The Kabylia independence movement, MAK, officially declared the rebirth of the Kabyle state at a ceremony in New York, after years of peaceful struggle against Algerian occupation. The independence proclamation took place in New York near the UN marking the ambition of the new Kabyle state to become a fully-fledged member of the international community. […]
Algerian authorities held visiting RS Berkane team for more than ten hours at Algiers airport, after confiscating their jerseys showing a full Morocco map, including the Sahara territory. Two-time CAF Confederation Cup winner RS Berkane travelled to Algiers to play title-holder USM Alger on Sunday. But the harassment of Algerian authorities is casting a political […]
Head of Kabylia’s independence movement MAK, Ferhat Mhenni, urged the UN to help the Kabylie people gain its right to self-determination to free itself from the yoke of Algerian occupation. Speaking to participants to the 23rd session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Mhenni urged the inclusion of Kabylia into the UN decolonization […]
The underreported plight of enslaved black people continues in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps, where Algerian authorities abandoned thousands to the mercy of a separatist militia that trades in their sufferings. Slavery is the least reported crime against humanity in the camps where the population held against their will are subjected to harsh living conditions coupled […]