Belaïd Abrika ( ar, بلعيد عبريكا, born December 10, 1969 in
Tizi Ouzou
Tizi Ouzou or Thizi Wezzu (, Kabyle: Tizi Wezzu) is a city in north central Algeria. It is among the largest cities in Algeria. It is the second most populous city in the Kabylie region after Bejaia.
History
Etymology
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) is a professor of economics at the
Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
The Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou ( ber, ⵝⴰⵙⴷⴰⵓⵉⵝ ⵎⵓⵏⵓⴷ ⴰⵝⵎⴷⴰⵟⵙ; french: Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou) is a university in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria.
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. He has become one of the best-known modern Kabyles through his role as a leader and spokesperson of the
Arouch (''Comité des Âarouchs, Daïras et communes'' or ''CADC'') protest movement in the region of
Kabylie
Kabylia ('' Kabyle: Tamurt n Leqbayel'' or ''Iqbayliyen'', meaning "Land of Kabyles", '','' meaning "Land of the Tribes") is a cultural, natural and historical region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kabyle people. It is part of the ...
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He has been arrested several times because of his association with Arouch. In September 2003 he was arrested and beaten by police during a protest of recent government actions to suppress independent newspapers. On August 10, 2004, Abrika was arrested again by Tizi-Ouzou police during a protest at a hospital. He was imprisoned for 28 days.
U.S. Department of State report "Algeria", February 28, 2005
(Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 2004)
References
1969 births
Living people
People from Tizi Ouzou
Kabyle people
Algerian activists
Algerian dissidents
21st-century Algerian people
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