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14 June, Kabyle Nation Day: Open Doors in Paris and Montreal (Statement from the Prime Minister)
ANAVAD AQVAYLI DI VERRAKABYLE GOVERNMENT IN EXILE Prime Minister The Kabyle Government in Exile (Anavad), in the exercise of its historic mission to restore Kabyle sovereignty, proclaimed 14 June as Kabyle Nation Day in 2013. This date was chosen in memory of the massive march on Algiers on 14 June 2001, which marked the collective…
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Katia ALIK, Kabyle Activist Sentenced to 20 Years, Finds Refuge in Canada
We are pleased to learn that Katia ALIK, a Kabyle activist who was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison by the Algerian colonial court of Dar El Beïda in October 2022, has arrived safely in Canada after several years on the run to avoid imprisonment in Algiers. Her only “crime”: being Kabyle and…
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Condolences on the Passing of His Holiness Pope Francis – A Message from the Coordination of MAK UK
It is with deep sorrow that the Coordination of the Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylia in the United Kingdom has learned of the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis. We extend our most sincere condolences to the entire Catholic Church, to the Vatican, and to all those around the world who mourn this profound…
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Report on the April 20, 2025 Gathering – MAK UK Coordination
On April 20, 2025, the Coordination of the Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylia in the United Kingdom (MAK-UK) successfully organized a commemorative gathering in London to mark the anniversary of the Black Spring. The event brought together numerous activists, supporters, and members of the Kabyle diaspora to honor the memory of the 128 martyrs…
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Anouar Haddam Rehabilitated: Algeria Represses Peaceful Kabyle Activists and Protects Islamist Terrorists
ALGIERS (SIWEL) – Algeria is sinking deeper into injustice and arbitrariness. While peaceful Kabyle activists and citizens are hunted down, imprisoned, and even sentenced to death for their political opinions, the Algerian regime warmly welcomes former leaders of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), a party dissolved for its role in the “Black Decade” and implicated…
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The Algerian Colonial Regime Confirms the Sentence of Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie President, Chérif Mellal, to 4 Years in Prison
ALGIERS (SIWEL) — The Algerian judiciary, remaining faithful to its repressive policy in Kabylia, today upheld on appeal the sentence of four years in prison for Chérif Mellal, president of Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (JSK). Still detained in the colonial prison of Koléa, Mellal faces charges in a case with an entirely empty judicial file,…
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Arbitrary Arrest of Fadila Hamache in Tizi-Wezzu
TIZI-WEZZU (SIWEL) — On February 21, 2025, Algerian colonial forces arrested Fadila Hamache, a Kabyle citizen, over a Facebook post. This arrest is part of the Algerian colonial regime’s repressive policy aimed at silencing any Kabyle voice expressing its identity, political aspirations, and desire for freedom. The Kabyle people, committed to their values, are peacefully…
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Arbitrary Arrest of Two Kabyle Activists in Adekar
Adekar, Kabylia, (Siwel) – The Algerian colonial repression is intensifying once again in Kabylia. On the morning of Friday, February 21, 2025, two Kabyle activists, Hamour Hamza and Meziane Abahri, were arbitrarily arrested by Algerian security forces in Adekar, according to local sources. Their homes were searched without a legal warrant, a practice that has…
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Algerian Colonial Repression Strikes Again in Kabylia: Arrest of Karim Djidjeli and Kamel Beghdad
Aokas, Kabylia (Siwel) – The Algerian colonial dictatorship continues to intensify its repression in Kabylia. This time, it is in the coastal town of Aokas that the colonial police have arrested two Kabyle citizens, Karim Djidjeli and Kamel Beghdad. Karim Djidjeli was arrested at his workplace on February 20, 2025, while Kamel Beghdad was apprehended…
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30th Anniversary of the Assassination of Kabyle Activist Nabila Djahnine by Algerian Islamists
KABYLIA (SIWEL) — Thoughts on this February 15th go to Nabila Djahnine, a feminist activist and Kabyle architect, assassinated by Algerian Islamists on February 15, 1995, in Tizi Wezzu. She was only 30 years old. It has been exactly thirty years since the disappearance of this feminist activist who stood for all just causes. She…
