Slimane Bouhafs has renewed his public defense of Kabyle Christians by appealing for international protection, according to a July 3 report by Tamurt.
The Kabyle outlet said Bouhafs asked U.S. President Donald Trump to protect what Tamurt described as 800,000 Kabyle Christians facing daily persecution under Algeria’s regime. Tamurt’s homepage summary framed Bouhafs as continuing to speak out despite isolation and pressure, and presented the appeal as part of his long-running advocacy for religious freedom and Kabyle rights.
Bouhafs is a familiar figure in Amazigh and human-rights circles. A converted Christian and Kabyle activist, he has previously drawn attention for speaking against Algerian state pressure, religious intolerance and anti-Kabyle discrimination. Tamurt also carried a June 9 item in which Bouhafs said he wanted to renounce Algerian nationality, underlining the depth of his rupture with the state.
The new appeal should be read with careful attribution. Tamurt is the direct source for the July 3 claim, and the exact text of Bouhafs’s message was not independently accessible during this run. Still, the topic fits a documented wider concern: Algeria’s post-Hirak environment has narrowed space for dissent, and Amazigh-rights groups have repeatedly urged international actors to raise religious freedom and Kabyle political-prisoner cases with Algerian authorities.
For Amazigh communities, the story sits at the intersection of identity, conscience and state power. Bouhafs’s appeal does not only concern Christian worship; it also raises the question of whether Kabyle citizens can assert religious difference, Amazigh identity and political criticism without being treated as enemies of the state.