16 days ago · Algeria
Algeria: Upper house of parliament must reject regressive legislation expanding the death penalty after 30 years without executions
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. Amnesty International is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Algeria. The first report grouped here was at 1 Oct 2026, 17:52 UTC. The headline in use is “Algeria: Upper house of parliament must reject regressive legislation expanding the death penalty after 30 years without executions”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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: “Today’s decision by the Algerian People’s…
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