Tizi Ouzou
Tizi Ouzou or Thizi Wezzu (, Kabyle: Tizi Wezzu) is a city in north central Algeria, and capital of Tizi Ouzou Province and Tizi Ouzou District. It is among the largest cities in Algeria. It is the second most populous city in the Kabylia reg ...
) is a professor of economics at the
Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
The Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou (; ) is a university in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria.
It is named after Mouloud Mammeri. As of 2012 Naceur Eddine Haddachi is the rector of the university.Arouch (''Comité des Âarouchs, Daïras et communes'' or ''CADC'') protest movement in the region of
Kabylie
Kabylia or Kabylie (; in Kabyle language, Kabyle: Tamurt n leqbayel; in Tifinagh: ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵔⵜ ⵏ ⵍⴻⵇⴱⴰⵢⴻⵍ; ), meaning "Land of the Tribes" is a mountainous coastal region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kaby ...
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Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
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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.
In November 2022, he was sentenced to one year in prison for commemorating the Berber Spring and the Black Spring.