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Kabylia Autonomy Group To March In Commemoration Of Berber Spring

The Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylia (MAK) announced it will hold a march in the city of Bejaia to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the Berber Spring.

The announcement stated: "This historic date marks Kabylia's split with the Algerian dictatorship, and represents its acknowledgment of its Berber identity… The [Berber Spring] events brought to world attention the ancestral values of Kabylia that represent freedom, democracy, human rights, and secularism."

Source: El-Watan, Algeria, April 15, 2008

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