[1] He was arrested on 28 May 1945, after refusing to obey orders to kill in the Sétif and Guelma massacre and deserting, and was transferred to the capital, where he was imprisoned, tortured, and sentenced to death on charges of planning to control the barracks.

He returned to Kabylia and became responsible within the PPA-MTLD (Algerian People's Party-Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties) as a deputy to Krim Belkacem.

His political activity during the 1946 electoral campaign for the municipal elections led to him being arrested and sentenced to death again, but he managed to escape and was forced to go into hiding until the outbreak of the war.

[1] On 1 November 1954, at the outbreak of the Algerian War, Amar Ouamrane led military operations in Draâ Ben Khedda.

[2] In 1957, he was appointed to the CNRA (National Council of the Algerian Revolution) representing Wilaya IV after the arrest of Rabah Bitat.