BY: Dr. Hana Saada
“A Mouthpiece for Colonial Arrogance with Blood-Stained Hands Has No Moral Authority over a Victorious Nation,” Says Official Statement
Algiers, Algeria | April 21st, 2025 — In a resolute and blistering denunciation, the National Observatory of Civil Society (ONSC) in Algeria issued a strongly worded statement on Monday, April 21, condemning recent inflammatory comments made by controversial French writer and media personality Bernard-Henri Lévy. The remarks, delivered during his appearance on French broadcaster BFM TV on Sunday, April 20, were perceived as yet another blatant attempt to undermine Algeria’s sovereignty and disparage its post-colonial achievements.
In its official communiqué, the Observatory decried Lévy’s rhetoric as “the familiar howling of a rabid extremist whose hands are soaked in the blood of innocent people,” warning that his so-called intellectual crusades serve nothing more than the lingering agendas of France’s colonial past.
“It is no surprise,” the statement read, “to hear the hateful shrieks of Bernard-Henri Lévy during one of his media escapades, where he advocates—unapologetically—for policies and positions of the very colonial power that was expelled from Algerian soil, along with its accomplices, settlers, and abusers, who still struggle to accept that the land has returned to its rightful heirs.”
The Observatory emphasized that Lévy’s hostility toward a strong, sovereign Algeria—with resilient institutions and a vibrant civil society—is emblematic of a broader colonial frustration with a nation that has reclaimed its identity and charted an independent course in global affairs.
Furthermore, the body expressed unwavering and unconditional support for Algeria’s state institutions and its foreign policy, declaring its rejection of any foreign attempts to co-opt or manipulate Algerian civil society under the guise of human rights or democratization. The Observatory also affirmed its legal prerogative to pursue judicial action against any entity or individual seeking to meddle in Algeria’s domestic affairs or instrumentalize civil society for neocolonial or subversive purposes.
The statement did not shy away from addressing France’s unresolved colonial crimes. It declared that the memory of colonization is not a “colonial rent,” but rather a sacred national cause, rooted in the blood and sacrifice of Algeria’s martyrs. “The struggle of our ancestors did not end with independence,” it stressed, “but continues from generation to generation against all who attempt to whitewash the atrocities of colonialism—massacres, scorched earth campaigns, nuclear experiments, and deadly minefields spanning thousands of kilometers.”
Closing its statement, the National Observatory reminded Lévy and his ilk that Algeria is not fertile ground for imported chaos:
“Those who wish to lecture Algeria on democracy would do well to examine the catastrophic legacy of Bernard-Henri Lévy’s interventions—exported democracies that plunged nations into bloodshed, disintegration, and chaos. That path has no place in victorious Algeria.”
