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
- APRIL 30, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues...
The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues blamed the Algerian authorities for the violence in the Berber region of Kabylie and accused police there of carrying out summary executions that has left at least 40 people dead
- APRIL 25, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Speaking at the UN Commission on Human Rights during...
Speaking at the UN Commission on Human Rights during the vote on the resolution on the death penalty, a representative of Algeria said the draft resolution created a problem
- APRIL 13, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Fouad Boulémia, convicted of murdering Abdelkader Hachani,...
Fouad Boulémia, convicted of murdering Abdelkader Hachani, a high ranking member of the Islamic Salvation Front, was sentenced to death by a court in Algiers
- APRIL 12, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death by the Tébessa criminal...
Two men were sentenced to death by the Tébessa criminal court, 630km from Algiers, for the murder of a business man in January 2000
- APRIL 7, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced to death Fouad Boulemia, 29, who...
A court sentenced to death Fouad Boulemia, 29, who had been found guilty of the murder of Abdelkader Hachani, a leading member of the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front, in Algiers in 1999
- JANUARY 1, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for the application of the...
The Penal Code provides for the application of the death penalty for serious offenses including: treason and espionage, attempts to change the regime or actions aimed at incitement, destruction of territory, sabotage to public and economic utilities, mass
- DECEMBER 6, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Slimani, Ahmed Rabhi and Abdelkader Bouabdellah...
Mohamed Slimani, Ahmed Rabhi and Abdelkader Bouabdellah were condemned to death by the criminal court at Tizi Ouzou [100 km east of Algiers]
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
"A lasting peace in Algeria cannot be built by sacrificing...
"A lasting peace in Algeria cannot be built by sacrificing truth and justice," Amnesty International said in its new report 'Truth and justice obscured by the shadow of impunity'
- MAY 22, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Inmates sentenced to death and awaiting execution at...
Inmates sentenced to death and awaiting execution at Batna's Tazoult prison entered their second day of hunger strike to complain against detention conditions
- MAY 17, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Portugal's Supreme Court delayed ruling on an appeal...
Portugal's Supreme Court delayed ruling on an appeal against extradition filed by Algerian national Sid Ahmed Rezala, aged 20, accused of killing three women in France, two of them onboard trains
- FEBRUARY 2, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he might...
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he might offer amnesty to a radical Moslem guerrilla faction because it had not massacred civilians
- JANUARY 27, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International co-ordinator Des Hogan accused...
Amnesty International co-ordinator Des Hogan accused the Australian Government of deporting an Algerian national despite an order by the United Nations Committee Against Torture to defer his deportation until his case could be assessed