The criminalization of peaceful self-determination movements represents a troubling trend in which state governments abuse legitimate state power to marginalize minorities and unrepresented peoples. The pronouncement of MAK as a terrorist entity and subsequent modification of the penal code to widen the definition of terrorism demonstrate an explicit attempt to de-legitimize political dissent and expand...
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization raise serious concern over Algeria’s recent crackdown on peaceful dissent. Recent modifications to the penal code on the definition of ‘terrorism’...
Below is an article published by Marroco World News The Indigenous people inhabiting Algeria’s northern Kabylia region consider themselves to be under colonial occupation. Rabat – The European...
Below is an article published by Euronews. Algerian singer Idir, an icon of Berber and Kabyle culture, has died aged 70.The artist, whose real name is Hamid Cheriet, was taken to hospital in Paris on...
The article below was published by Al Monitor: High up in Kabylie, the mountainous region where locals have doggedly resisted Algeria’s various colonizers over millennia, a clump of white-walled...
The article below was published by Morning Star News: Authorities in north-central Algeria sealed shut another church building on Wednesday (May 22 [2019]), closing it and its Bible school, Christian...
Opening remarks were given by Lucia Parrucci, UNPO Advocacy Officer and also moderator of the event, and Hanno Schedler, from the Society for Threatened Peoples. Ms Parrucci highlighted how indigenous...
To fully address women’s difficulties, it is essential that societies look beyond the main aspect of a problem. Although all achievements in the name of women are positive steps, the success of privileged...
This 2018 edition will feature no less than three UNPO members’ national football teams: title holders Abkhazia, Tibet and Kabylia. This event is all the more particular as it will feature on Thursday...
This article has been published by The North Africa Post: Every year on April 20, Algerian Berbers take to the streets to demand the independence of the mountainous Kabylie on the occasion of the anniversary...
The article below (in French) was published by Siwel: Le président de la Fédération Kabyle de Football, Mas Aksel Bellabbaci, a annoncé ce samedi 17 février [2018] qu’une...
Following Article was published in Aljazeera Berber communities in Algeria are calling on the government to allocate state funding to promote and preserve their indigenous language, a demand...
The article below was published by northafricapost.com Algeria has been repeatedly lambasted in reports by international rights watchdogs for its systematic discrimination against minorities, whether...
The article below (in French) was published by Siwel: Dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi, une patrouille de la gendarmerie coloniale algérienne s’est déplacée...
OVERVIEW The Kabyle people is one of the several Berber (Amazigh) groups indigenous to North Africa, mainly present in Libya, Algeria and Morocco (smaller groups live in Niger, Mali, Mauritania,...
Scandalisée par la répression dont sont victimes les militants kabyles, menant un combat démocratique et pacifique en faveur du droit de leur peuple à l'autodétermination,...
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