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1 | Suspended Algerian Satirical TV Show Vows to Make a Comeback Online | Mampanantena Hiverina Amin'ny Aterineto Ilay Fandaharana Alzeriana Mananihany Nofoanana |
2 | From the Facebook page of “Eldjazairia Weekend” | Tao amin'ny pejy Facebookn'ny “Eldjazairia Weekend” |
3 | From exposing corruption among the ruling elite to denouncing odd practices in Algerian society, the satirical TV show ”Eldjazairia Weekend” has as many supporters as it does opponents. | Amin'ny famoahana ny kolikoly eo amin'ireo sangany ao amin'ny mpitondra sy ny fiampangana ireo fomba fanao hafahafa eo amin'ny fiarahamonina alzeriana, sady manana mpanohana marobe ilay fandaharana mpananihany amin'ny fahitalavitra ”Eldjazairia Weekend” no manana mpanohitra tahaka izany. |
4 | Up until a few weeks ago, in its signature irreverent and snarky style, the show aired every Friday evening on El Djazaïria, a private television channel in Algeria. | Hatramin'ny herinandro vitsivitsy lasa izay, tamin'ny soniany tsy dia manaja sy mananihany, nalefa isaky ny zoma hariva ao amin'ny El Djazaïria, fahitalavitra tsy miankina iray ao Alzeria ny fandaharana. |
5 | On April 24, the Eldjazairia Weekend team were forced to bid farewell to their TV audience. | Tamin'ny 24 Aprily, voatery nanao veloma farany hoan'ireo mpijeriny ny ekipan'ny Eldjazairia Weekend. |
6 | They were in tears. | Nitomany izy ireo. |
7 | While it appears that their network was behind the show's closing, according to Reporters Without Borders the satirical show was canceled due to political pressure from above. | Na dia hita aza fa noho ny tambajotran'izy ireo no antony nanakatonana ny fandaharana, nilaza ny Reporters Without Borders fa nofoanana ilay fandaharana mananihany noho ny tsindry ara-politika avy any ambony. |
8 | Their source is Abdou Semmar, editor-in-chief of the citizen media site Algerie-Focus and co-host of Eldjazairia Weekend. | Abdou Semmar, lehiben'ny tonian-dahatsoratra ao amin'ny habaka mediam-bahoaka Algerie-Focus sady mpiara-mpanolotra ny fandaharana ao amin'ny Eldjazairia Weekend no loharanom-baovaon'izy ireo. |
9 | Semmar, who is also a Global Voices contributor, co-hosts the show with journalists Karim Kardache, Mustapha Kessaci and actor Merouane Boudiab. | Mpiara-manolotra ny fandaharana miaraka amin'ireo mpanoratra gazety Karim Kardache, Mustapha Kessaci sy ilay mpilalao sarimihetsika Merouane Boudiab ihany koa i Semmar, mpikambana ato amin'ny Global Voices. |
10 | Semmar has vowed that an online version of the program will soon be launched to counter this act of censorship. | Nampanantena i Semmar fa hotontosaina tsy ho ela ny famoahana antserasera ny fandaharana mba hanoherana ity fihetsika manivana ity. |
11 | Besides Algerie-Focus, Semmar is a member of Envoyés Spéciaux Algériens. | Ankoatra ny Algerie-Focus, mpikambana ao amin'ny Envoyés Spéciaux Algériens i Semmar. |
12 | If you are familiar with these outlets, you can probably guess the tone of Eldjazairia Weekend. | Raha zatra ireo fampahalalam-baovao ireo ianao, mety mahafantatra tsara tokoa ny fanaon'ny Eldjazairia Weekend. |
13 | It seems things came to a head on April 17 when Abdou Semmar questioned the wealth and Parisian apartments of several Algerian ministers and Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal's daughter. | Toa nanomboka tamin'ny 17 Aprily ny zava-drehetra raha nanontany momba ny harena sy ny efitrano Pariziana fonenan'ireo minisitra Alzeriana maromaro sy ny zanakavavin'ny Praiminisitra Abdelmalek Sella i Semmar Abdou. |
14 | His information was based on the book “Paris-Alger, une histoire passionnelle” (Paris-Algiers, a passionate history), by a French journalist who claims that Sellal's daughter paid for her flat in Paris with money from dubious origins. | Ny vaovao navoakany dia nifototra tamin'ny boky “Paris-Alger, une histoire passionnelle” (Paris-Algiers, tantaram-pitiavana tafahoatra), nosoratan'ilay mpanoratra gazety Frantsay izay milaza fa alòa amin'ny vola tsy fanta-piaviana ny efitrano fonenan'ny zanakavavin'i Sellal ao Paris. |
15 | The government's reaction was immediate and included a phone call from the prime minister, according to Algerie Focus. | Tsy niandry ela ny valintenin'ny governemanta ary anisan'izany ny antso an-tariby avy amin'ny praiminisitra, araka ny filazan'ny Algerie Focus. |
16 | The video below shared by Algerian netizens on YouTube is entitled “This is why ‘Eldjazairia Weekend' was stopped.” | Nampitondraina ny lohateny “This is why ‘Eldjazairia Weekend' stopped” (Toy izao no anton'ny nanajanonana ny ‘Eldjazairia Weekend' ny lahatsary eto ambany nozarain'ireo mpiserasera Alzeriana tao amin'ny YouTube. |
17 | It shows the segment of the show that is suspected to have caused the ire of authorities and cancellation of the program. | Mampiseho ampahany kelin'ny fandaharana izay ahiahiana fa nahatonga ny fahatezeran'ny manampahefana sy ny fanafoanana ny fandaharana ny lahatsary. |
18 | The next one shows the last minute of the last episode of the program where we can see Abdou crying along with the rest of his colleagues. | Ity manaraka ity dia mampiseho ny minitra faran'ny fandaharana farany amin'ny fandaharana izay ahitantsika an'i Abdou mitomany miaraka amin'ireo mpiara-miasa aminy. |
19 | The rest of the video shows details of the administrative proceedings, including warnings by the audiovisual regulation authority and direct interventions by the Telecommunication Ministry with requests for the channel to change the form and content of the show and to fire Abdou. | Mampiseho ny antsipirihan'ireo dingana ara-panjakana notontosaina ny ambin'ny fandaharana amin'ny lahatsary, anisan'izany ny fampitandremana avy amin'ny manampahefana mpandrindra ny haino aman-jery sy ny firotsahana an-tsehatra mivantana nataon'ny Minisiteran'ny Fifandraisandavitra mitaky ny fahitalavitra mba hanova ny endrika sy ny votoatin'ny fandaharana ary handroaka an'i Abdou. |
20 | The channel and journalists yielded to their demands. | Nilefitra tamin'ny fitakian'izy ireo ny fantsona sy ny mpanao gazety. |
21 | However, authorities subsequently refused to acknowledge their role in the cancellation of the show and insisted that the decision was purely internal. | Na izany aza, nandà hiaiky ny andraikitr'izy ireo tamin'ny fanafoanana ny fandaharana avy eo ireo manampahefana ary nanizingizina fa avy ao anatiny (fantsona) ihany ny fanapahan-kevitra. |
22 | In fact, the decision was officially announced by the channel itself on its Facebook page. | Raha ny marina, ny fantsona ihany no nanambara tamin'ny fomba ofisialy ny fanapahan-kevitra tao amin'ny pejy Facebook-ny. |
23 | In a public statement, El Djazairia TV stated that the show stopped temporarily and will resume after Ramadan in a new format and that they only received oral warnings, not unlike any other television channels in the country. | Tamin'ny fanambarana ampahibemaso, nilaza ny Fahitalavitra El Djazairia fa naato vetivety ny fandaharana ary hiverina amin'ny endrika vaovao aorian'ny Ramadany ary nilaza koa izy fa fampitandremana am-bava ihany no azon'izy ireo, fa tsy tahaka ireo fantsom-pahitalavitra hafa ao amin'ny firenena. |
24 | That decision stirred indignation among the Algerian public and journalists, who expressed their support to the team of ‘Eldjazairia weekend'. | Niteraka fahatezerana teo amin'ny vahoaka sy ny mpanao gazety Alzeriana ny fanapahan-kevitra, naneho ny fanohanany ny ekipan'ny ‘Eldjazairia Weekend' izy ireo. |
25 | International organisations such as Reporters without Borders also denounced the cancellation of the broadcast and called for the immediate reinstatement of the show. | Niampanga ny fanafoanana ny fandaharana ihany koa ny fikambanana iraisam-pirenena toy ny Reporters without Borders ary nitaky tsy misy hatak'andro ny hamerenana ny fandaharana. |
26 | A protest was scheduled to take place on May 1. However, most private Algerian TV channels did not respond to the call for protest with only El Watan speaking up in support of Abdou and his colleagues. | Nisy ny fihetsiketsahana notontosaina tamin'ny 1 May. Na izany aza, tsy namaly ny antso hanao fihetsiketsehana ny ankamaroan'ny fantsom-pahitalavitra tsy miankina Alzeriana ankoatra ny El Watan izay naneho ny fanohanana an'i Abdou sy ny mpiara-miasa aminy. |
27 | Only one parliamentarian Habib Zeggat dared to challenge the authorities and express his sorrow over the state of freedom of expression in Algeria, specifically focusing on the ‘Eldjazairia weekend' case in his speech. | Solombavambahoaka iray ihany, Habib Zeggat no sahy nanohitra ny manampahefana ary naneho ny alahelony manoloana ny toetry ny fahalalahana maneho hevitra ao Alzeria, miompana indrindra amin'ny raharaha ‘Eldjazairia weekend' ny lahateniny. |
28 | Incidents like this are not new in Algeria. | Tsy vaovao ny tranga tahaka izao ao Alzeria. |
29 | Abdou has covered many stories where bloggers were imprisoned for merely criticizing the regime or calling for a democratic election. | Nandrakotra tantara marobe i Abdou raha naiditra am-ponja ireo bilaogera izay zara raha nitsikera ny fitondrana na zara raha nitaky ny fifidianana demaokratika. |
30 | After the protest, Abdou spoke to many media outlets, mainly French ones, to expose the truth behind the decision to cancel the show. | Taorian'ny fihetsiketsehana, niresaka tamin'ireo fampahalalam-baovao marobe, indrindra ireo amin'ny teny Frantsay i Abdou mba hilaza ny marina mikasika ny fanapahan-kevitra fanafoanana ilay fandaharana. |
31 | Abdou regretted the lack of solidarity among Algerian media but lauded international media for their full support. | Malahelo noho ny tsy fisian'ny firaisankina eo amin'ny haino aman-jery Alzeriana i Abdou saingy nidera ny fampahalalam-baovao iraisampirenena noho ny fanohanana feno avy amin'izy ireo. |