PARIS (FRANCE) (ITALPRESS) – The Movement for the Self-Determination of the Berber Region of Kabylia (MAK) proclaimed its independence from Algeria during an event held on December 14 in Paris, attended by activists and members of the Kabyle diaspora.
The declaration, announced by movement leader Ferhat Mehenni, envisions the creation of a “Federal Republic of Kabylia.” The initiative, with strong symbolic and political significance, was rejected by the Algerian authorities, who consider the MAK an illegal separatist movement.
According to the movement, however, the proclamation is primarily intended to draw the international community’s attention to the situation of the Kabyle people’s political, cultural, and identity rights, denouncing years of marginalization, criminalization, and repression of peaceful claims, as well as the failure to recognize their linguistic and cultural diversity.
The MAK affirms that its action is part of the right of peoples to self-determination, enshrined in international law, and urges international actors to closely monitor the developments in Kabylia.
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