Algeria
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- September 8, 1963 effective November 22, 1976, amended several times, last on November 12, 2008
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- socialist, based on the French and Islamic models
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani) and Council of Nations
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, Constitutional Council. The Algerian legal system does not include a sharia court
RELIGIONS
99% Sunni Muslims; 1% Christians and Jews
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2006AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algeria’s laws prescribe the death penalty for a range of crimes including ordinary crimes.
Algeria’s laws prescribe the death penalty for a range of crimes including ordinary crimes.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2005CanadaDEATH PENALTY
USA. NO DEATH PENALTY IN NEW GUANTANAMO CASES
the Pentagon said the United States would not seek the death penalty against any of the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners it had announced charges against on November 7.
- AUGUST 11, 2005AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. DEPORTATION RISK FOR TEN PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR TERRORISM
ten foreign nationals considered to pose a terrorist threat were detained in the last 24 hours by British police, with the intention of deporting them to their home countries.
- JULY 4, 2005AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. 7 FUGITIVES SENTENCED TO DEATH
an Algerian criminal court sentenced to death in absentia seven Islamic gunmen belonging to the radical Salafi Movement for Daawa and Fighting.
- JANUARY 10, 2005AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Two terrorists were condemned to death
Two terrorists were condemned to death by the Criminal Tribunal of Constantine
- JANUARY 1, 2005AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algeria’s laws prescribe the death penalty for a range of crimes including ordinary crimes.
Algeria’s laws prescribe the death penalty for a range of crimes including ordinary crimes.
- AUGUST 1, 2004AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Fouad Boulemia, an Algerian Islamist militant already...
Fouad Boulemia, an Algerian Islamist militant already sentenced to death for murder, received a second death sentence for his involvement in the worst civilian massacre during the country's recent civil war
- JUNE 27, 2004AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Belaiz pledged to abandon...
Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Belaiz pledged to abandon the death penalty for all but serious crimes such as terrorism and treason
- APRIL 11, 2004AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algeria’s laws prescribe the death penalty for a range of crimes including ordinary crimes.
Algeria’s laws prescribe the death penalty for a range of crimes including ordinary crimes.
- JUNE 30, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Constantine criminal court handed down six death...
The Constantine criminal court handed down six death sentences in absentia for the members of a terrorist group responsible for approximately 15 assassinations, racketeering, sabotage and destruction of public property, reported Le Matin web site
- JUNE 21, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
L. Achour, alias Salah, current commander of the Salafi...
L. Achour, alias Salah, current commander of the Salafi Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), was sentenced to death in absentia by the criminal court in Constantine, Algeria, the Algerian daily El-Khabar's website reported. He was accused of belonging to an
- JUNE 14, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Four armed Islamic militants were sentenced to death...
Four armed Islamic militants were sentenced to death in abstentia by an Algerian court, official news agency APS reported