Amnesty Calls on Algeria to Abandon Death Penalty Plans for Wildfires

Amnesty calls on Algeria to abandon death penalty plans for wildfires

Amnesty International is urging Algeria to abandon plans to resume executions. After deadly wildfires swept across the country’s northeast last month, President Tebboune called to impose the death penalty on people who start the fires. He said child abductors and abusers should also be executed.

Amnesty urges Algeria to abandon death penalty plans after wildfires

TUNIS: Amnesty International urged Algeria’s government on Tuesday to abandon plans to resume executions after it pledged to give the death penalty to those responsible for wildfires following deadly blazes last month. Algeria struggled to put out fires that swept through its northeast and killed 12 people last month, according to an official tally, while witnesses spoke of dozens of deaths. A member of a civil protection unit battles a wildfire…

Algeria Urged to Abandon Death Penalty Plans Following Wildfires – Axadle

Amnesty International is calling on Algeria to halt plans to broaden the death penalty after deadly wildfires tore through parts of the country. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has directed revisions to the Penal Code that would permit capital punishment for those convicted of deliberately causing or inciting fires, and has suggested extending it to cases involving […]