Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie

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

Objectives

The organization, founded in 2001 is committed to the rights of indigenous minority of the Kabyles, which they identified with the Berbers who inhabited North Africa first. The movement appeared frustrated by the decisions taken since independence the government's measures to assimilate the remaining minorities in the Arab majority society.

The immediate goal of the movement is the regional autonomy for the province of Kabylia, which could be the establishment of a federal Algerian state after Mehenni the first step. The latter is considered as the final goal of the movement. Mehenni 2010 was president of a government in exile in France with nine ministers, two of them women.

Background

The violent death of 18 -year-old student Masinissa Guermah at a police station in Kabylia in April 2001 triggered a wave of protests, in which up to 2003 by Algerian security forces 128 mostly youthful Kabyle demonstrators were killed. End of February 2011 was ended by the Algerian government of the state of emergency. However, lawyers and human rights organizations continue to complain about a harsh crackdown by security agencies and the judiciary in the fight against terrorism, in particular long procedure times, imprisonment and physical abuse.

The movement show according to the German Federal Government " separatist tendencies " and is not recognized by Algeria. They play " in the Algerian political landscape currently no significant role ."