Algeria: Threats to Resume Executions After 30 Years Severe Blow to Human Rights
Amnesty International says the move would widen capital punishment beyond arson and could resume executions after more than 30 years.
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Algeria: Threats to Resume Executions After 30 Years Severe Blow to Human Rights
Algeria's authorities must immediately abandon any plans to expand the scope of the death penalty or resume executions after more than three decades without carrying one out, said Amnesty International as the government examines amendments to the penal code that would broaden the use of the death penalty. The organization calls on Algeria's authorities to immediately establish an official moratorium as a first step towards fully abolishing the d…
After deadly forest fires this summer, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune decided to restore the application of the death penalty for arsonists and kidnappers. Human rights defenders, who denounce this decision, fear its enlargement.
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced his intention to amend the Penal Code before 15 September 2026 in order to allow the execution of persons found guilty of arson in Algeria. These remarks violate the separation of powers and are part of a political instrumentalisation of the death penalty, an unjust, inhuman and ineffective punishment. Paris, Algiers, 14 September 2026. If the (...) Algeria / News, A la Fronte
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