Algeria Adopts Law Imposing Death Penalty on Forest Arsonists
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Algeria continues to issue death sentences, especially in cases of terrorism or malicious murder, but maintains a de facto moratorium on executions since 1993.
The text, consulted by the AFP, also extends the death penalty to new cases of abductions of children accompanied by serious violence, with the authorities referring to an increase in these acts in recent years. "The adoption of the death penalty for these acts is the appropriate legal response to eradicate these crimes", welcomed Justice Minister Lotfi Boudjemaa, after the vote. Details on the counting of votes were not yet available, but the P…
The text includes the death penalty for perpetrators of the crimes of intentionally setting fire to forests and fields and the deliberate destruction of public and private property committed in favor of foreign parties.
The text also extends the death penalty to new cases of abductions of children accompanied by serious violence, with the authorities referring to a resurgence of these acts in recent years.
leprogres.fr
Algerian deputies adopted on Thursday a revision of the Penal Code extending the death penalty to the perpetrators of forest fires or fields after the major fires declared this summer in the country.
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