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1 | Algeria's Opposition Report Threats, Intimidation Following President's Reelection | Niharan'ny Fandrahonana Ny Mpanohitra Alzeriana Taorian'ny Fifidianana Filoham-pirenena |
2 | Barakat movement members protest during the Algerian election. | Mpikambana ao amin'ny hetsika Barakat manao fihetsiketsehana nandritra ny fifidianana tao Alzeria. |
3 | Photo via Algerie Focus. | Sary avy amin'ny Algerie Focus. |
4 | CC-license-NC-2. | CC-license-NC-2. |
5 | 0 All links forward to French-language pages unless otherwise noted. | 0 [Mankany amin'ny teny Frantsay avokoa ny rohy rehetra raha tsy misy fanamarihana hafa.] |
6 | Today in Algeria, belonging to the opposition seems to carry more risk than ever before. | Mety hampidi-doza ny fidirana ho mpanohitra ao Alzeria. |
7 | Smear campaigns, slander, vilification and even death threats are a regular part of online life. Offline, intimidation, police crackdowns, breaches of privacy and political pressure are commonplace. | Fandrahonana ho faty, fanaratsiana amin'ny haino aman-jery, fampitahorana, famoretan'ny polisy, fanitsakitsahana ny fiainana manokana sy ny teritery ara-politika no mihatra amin'ny fiainanao. |
8 | Since presidential elections held on April 17, 2014, the Algerian regime has stepped up its repression of opposition groups with threats against those who opposed a fourth term for the 77-year-old ailing incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. | Nanomboka tamin'ny fifidianana filoham-pirenena tamin'ny 17 Aprily 204, nanamafy hatrany ny famoretany amin'ireo mpanohitra ny fitondrana ary mandrahona ireo izay mitsipaka ny fe-potoa-piasana faha-efatry ny filoha Alzeriana Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 77 taona izay manana olana ara-pahasalamana. |
9 | An amendment to the country's constitution allowed Bouteflika, who has been in power since 1999, to run for a fourth term. | Nahatonga an'i Bouteflika, izay efa nitondra ny firenena nanomboka tamin'ny taona 1999, hirotsaka hofidiana indray ny fanovana lalàmpanorenana tao amin'ny firenena. |
10 | Throughout the electoral campaign that began in late March, protesters and cyber-activists advocating for democratic elections were subjected to defamation and police aggression. | Nandritra ny fampielezan-kevitra tamin'ny fifidianana, izay nanomboka tamin'ny 23 Marsa 2014, niharan'ny fanalam-baraka sy ny herisetran'ny polisy ireo mpanao fihetsiketsehazna sy mpikatroka aterineto miaro ny fifidianana demaokratika. |
11 | The intimidation did not end with Bouteflika's landslide reelection, which was marred by allegations of fraud [en]. The Barakat! | Tsy nitsahatra ny fandrahonana taorian'ny nahalany an'ny filoha Bouteflika tamin'ny fomba manetriketrika, izay voalaza fa feno hosoka [fr]. |
12 | Mouvement (Enough is Enough Movement, in English), one of the major organizations of dissent in Algeria, was among the first targets. | Anisan'ireo kendrena voalohany ny hetsika Barakat (Ampy izay), iray amin'ireo fihetsiketseham-panoherana lehibe indrindra ao Alzeria. |
13 | Its rallies were broken up with a heavy hand by police, and some members were reportedly beaten or arrested without reason. | Noravan'ny polisy tamin-kerisetra izany fihetsiketsehana izany, ka maro tamin'ireo mpikambana sasany no fantatra fa voadaroka sy nosamborina tsy amin'ny antony. |
14 | The Algerian regime and its media apparatus targeted important leaders of the movement by making personal information of theirs public. | Mikendry ireo lohandohan'ny mpisorona amin'ny fihetsiketsehana ny fitondrana Alzeriana sy ny haino aman-jeriny amin'ny famoahana ny mombamomba azy ireo manokana imasom-bahoaka. |
15 | Lilia Oufellia, blogging for TS Algeria, wrote about the defamation campaign against the members of the Barakat movement: | Lilia Oufellia, mibilaogy ao amin'ny TS Alzeria, nanoratra momba ny hetsika fanalam-baraka atao amin'ireo mpikambana ao amin'ny hetsika Barakat: |
16 | Facebook pages are created for the sole purpose of trying to convince Facebook users to not support protesters against a fourth term, including the Barakat movement. | Nisy ny pejy Facebook natsangana mba handresena lahatra ireo mpampiasa Facebook tsy hanatevin-daharana ireo mpanohitra sy ireo miantso hidina an-dalambe mba hanohitra ny fe-potoa-piasana faha-efatry ny filoha, indrindra amin'ny hetsika Barakat. |
17 | The Barakat movement is openly demonized there. | Noharatsiana sy nalàna baraka tanteraka ny hetsika. |
18 | On one of the pages, photos of capital cities within the Maghreb rocked by the Arab Spring are widely distributed online. | Ao amin'ny pejy iray ohatra, naparitaka ny sary misy ireo renivohitra voakasiky ny Lohataona Arabo. |
19 | One page encourages its fans to take precautions against “the enemies of Algeria.” | Mandrisika ireo mpikambana ao amin'ilay pejy ny vondrona mba haka fitandremana manoloana ireo “fahavalon'i Alzeria”. |
20 | Ennahar TV and Numidia News, two recently established TV channels known for their openly pro-regime stances, launched a media campaign against the movement. | Namoaka fanentanana manohitra ny fihetsiketsehana ny fahitalavitra Ennahar sy ny Numidia News fahitalavitra roa nisokatra vao haingana ary fantatra amin'ny fanohanany mivantana ny fitondrana. |
21 | In one report by Numidia News, which is owned by a business tycoon close to the president, Barakat supporters were accused of treason, described as enemies of Algeria, and even portrayed as ”dangerous” terrorists. | Tamin'ny vaovao iray notaterin'ny Numidie News, izay mpandraharaha akaikin'ny filoha no tompony, nampangaina ho mpamadika sy nosokajiana ho fahavalon'i Alzeria ireo mpomba ny hetsika, nopetahana anarana ho toy ny mpampihorohoro “mampidi-doza” mihitsy aza. |
22 | Reports depicted the movement as a secret initiative of western countries. Bouteflika often referrs to their actions as undertaken by “the foreign hand”. | Nopetahan'ny tati-baovao ho mpitsikilon'ny firenena tandrefana ny hetsika, izay matetika ambaran'i Bouteflika ho “tanam-bahiny”. |
23 | Online, Algerian authorities have created dozens or more Facebook pages and groups, where they post the personal information, photos and contact details of opposition members. | Nanangana pejy Facebook sy vondrona am-polony ny manampahefana Alzeriana, izay amoahan'izy ireo ny mombamomba manokana, sary sy fifandraisana amin'ireo mpikambana ao amin'ny mpanohitra. |
24 | Pages include Barakat Escroquerie, La Résistance Virtuelle Algérienne, and La ligue nationale de défense de l'Algérie. | Anisan'izany pejy izany ny Barakat Fisolokiana, Fanoherana Antserasera Alzeriana, sy ny Ligy Nasionaly Fiarovana an'i Alzeria. |
25 | Algerian reporter Siwel explained how the secret service infiltrated social networks online: | Nanazava ny fomba fasovohan'ny sampam-pitsikilovana amin'ny tambajotra sosialy antserasera ilay mpanao gazety Alzeriana Siwel: |
26 | Secret Services (RG) and the Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS) in Kabylia acquired a large batch of sophisticated equipment to properly carry out monitoring and repression [online]. | Nahazo fitaovana raitra marobe hanatontosany ny asany amin'ny famoretana ny Sampam-pitsikilovana Ankapobeny (RG) sy ny Departemantam-pitsikilovana sy ny Fiarovana (DRS) ao Kabylia. |
27 | Nothing was left to chance. | Tsy misy zavatra tongatonga ho azy. |
28 | The professional and personal life of activists for democracy are monitored very closely. | Araha-maso akaiky ny asa aman-draharaha sy ny fiainana manokan'ireo mpandala ny demaokrasia. |
29 | Calls for assassination have been posted as well and shared on these Facebook pages, as the following screen shots show: | Nisy ny antso ho amin'ny famonoana navoaka sy nozaraina tao amin'ireo pejy Facebook ireo, tahaka ity pikan-tsary eto ambany ity: |
30 | Screen shots of the Facebook page Barakat L'escroquerie. | Pikan-tsary tao amin'ny pejy Facebook “Barakat Fisolokiana”. |
31 | One comment says: “il faut le tuer le mec kan c'est l'ennemi du pays” (We need to kill this guy. | |
32 | He is the enemy of the nation). | Hoy ny vakiny fanehoan-kevitra iray: ” tsy maintsy vonoina izy satria fahavalom-pirenena.” |
33 | The strategy recalls practices of the government during Algeria's civil war in the 1990s that devastated the country for more than a decade. | Mampatsiahy ny zavatra natao nandritra ny ady an-trano tamin'ny taona 1990 ity paikady ity izay nandrava an'i Alzeria nandritra ny taom-polo mahery. |
34 | Back then, opponents and intellectuals were murdered after their personal info was made available in the public arena. | Novonoina ireo mpanohitra sy manam-pahaizana tamin'izany fotoana izany taorian'ny fandefasana ny mombamomba azy ireo ho hitam-bahoaka. |
35 | Such was the case of Sidali Ben Mechiche, a journalist killed on October 10, 1988, and Djamel-Eddine Fahassi, killed on March 8, 1995. | Tahaka izany ny tranga nahazo an'i Sidali Ben Mechiche, mpanao gazety maty nisy namono tamin'ny 10 Oktobra 1988, sy Djamel-Eddine Fahassi, maty nisy namono tamin'ny 8 Marsa 1995. |
36 | These threats have sparked panic and anger among the opposition. | Niteraka tahotra sy fahatezerana teo amin'ny mpanohitra izany fandrahonana izany. |
37 | Some, like journalist Idir Tazerout, have decided to take legal action, although the independence of the country's justice system isn't reliable. | Nanapa-kevitra hametraka fitoriana eny anivon'ny fitsarana ny sasany tahaka ilay mpanao gazety Idir Tazerout,, na dia tsy azo antoka aza ny fahaleovantenan'ny fitsarana ao amin'ny firenena. |
38 | Others have preferred to stay quiet for a while in order to protect their families. | Ny sasany kosa nisafidy ny hangina mandritra ny fotoana fohy ho fiarovana ny fianakaviany. |
39 | And then, there are those who stand firm for a free and democratic Algeria. | Ary misy koa ireo mijoro ho amin'ny Alzeria afaka sy demaokratika. |