Algeria restores death penalty for certain crimes
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Algerie Eco
An Algerian law published in the Official Gazette reinstates the execution of the death penalty for certain child abductions and deliberate fires. The text notably targets acts affecting public safety, the national economy or the environment, under Law 26-13 of 12 October 2026 amending the Penal Code.
Algeria has reinstated the death penalty for people responsible for child abductions involving torture, sexual assault or mutilation, as well as for the deliberate burning of forests, woodland or fields, according to Law 26-13 published in Official Gazette No. 72.
Adopted on 12 October 2026, the law amends the Algerian Penal Code established by the ordinance of 8 June 1966. It provides for the death penalty for anyone who abducts a child by any means and then tortures, sexually assaults or mutilates them, according to the legal text.
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