A Moroccan calls for ''autonomy'' Eastern Algiers
Farhat M'hanni
Algerian authorities deported on Sunday a Moroccan Amazigh activist, named Khaled Zirrairi, on board of the first flight flying from Houari Boumediene Airport to Morocco’s Mohammed V Airport, after he participated in a demonstration by RCD and “MAK” and called for devoting “autonomy” in the region.
Security services of the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou, eastern Algiers, arrested the Moroccan activist,when he was in Tizi Ouzou, during his participation in the march of the Rally for Culture and Democracy and the separatist movement led by the Kabylian singer Farhat M’hanni, and that was organized on Saturday, in the main streets of the city in memory of Amazigh spring.
The Moroccan national had received an invitation from the movement of Farhat M’hanni two weeks ago, as agents of the security services were aware of his presence and participation in the march, where he was taken directly to the Security Center of the city to be questioned over the background and causes of his presence in the Kabylie region, before transfering him to Algiers.
Zirrairi, is a vice president of the Amazigh World Congress, and had moved towards the Kbylie area to participate in the revival of the 33rd anniversary of the Berber Spring, which coincides with April 20 of each year.
Chakib Khiari, a member of the Federal Council of the Amazigh World Congress, said the arrest of Zerrari happened after the speech he said in the march that supports the enjoyment of the Kabylie region of a system of self-government, called for by the “RCD and Mac, adding that “the police worked to arrest ZIrrairi, and took him to Algiers for interrogation about the backgrounds of his presence in theKabylie region. “
President of the Amazigh World Congress, named Fathi Ben Khalifa, a Libyan citizen, in turn received confirmation from the Algerian Embassy in Tripoli, which ordered preventing him from passing through Houari Boumediene Airport.
Zirrairi was arrested along with 20 members participants in the demonstration, which had previously called for by the so-called “autonomy” by the movement for Kabylie areas”, as everyone moved to the central police headquarters in Tizi-Ouzou.