Algeria: Upper House of Parliament Must Reject Regressive Legislation Expanding the Death Penalty After 30 Years Without Executions
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Algeria: Upper House of Parliament Must Reject Regressive Legislation Expanding the Death Penalty After 30 Years Without Executions
Responding to the lower house of the Algerian Parliament adopting today legal amendments that expand the scope of the death penalty after more than three decades without any executions, Amnesty International's Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said:
Algeria: Threats to resume executions after 30 years severe blow to human rights
Amnesty International15 September 2026Algeria’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 fir…
The Algerian authorities should withdraw the proposed amendments to the Penal Code and abandon plans to resume the implementation of its provisions after a virtual interruption of more than three decades: they refused to extend the scope of the death penalty and implement its provisions, which appeared first on the Cairo Centre for Human Rights Studies.
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