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, 2019AlgeriaDEATH 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 12, 2018AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA - BLOGGER FACES DEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 2018AlgeriaDEATH 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.
OCTOBER 15, 2017AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYSenior terrorist sentenced to death in absentia
15 October 2017: an Algerian court sentenced in absentia running away senior terrorist, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, alias Belaouar, to death penalty, APS news agency reported.
MARCH 21, 2017AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYTwo death sentences for terrorism
21 March 2017: two terrorists, who were arrested in March 2016 in Gheddioua (Kadiria), north-west of Bouira, have been sentenced to death for their involvement in terroristic attacks according to a juducial source.
FEBRUARY 27, 2017AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: KILLER OF NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH
A former Algerian police colonel was sentenced to death for gunning down the national police chief Ali Tounsi during an office meeting in 2010, national news agency APS said.
- JANUARY 1, 2017AlgeriaDEATH 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.
- JANUARY 1, 2016AlgeriaDEATH 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.
MAY 27, 2015AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: 12 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
the Algiers Criminal Court has handed down death sentences to 12 people and condemned two others to
- APRIL 1, 2015AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
the Criminal Court of Chlef sentenced 7 people for terrorism. Aged between 32 and 44 years, the seven
the Criminal Court of Chlef sentenced 7 people for terrorism. Aged between 32 and 44 years, the seven
MARCH 1, 2015AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR THE KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF MEBREK
The 2 killers of young itinerant merchant, Amirouche Mebrek in January 2014, were sentenced to death in
FEBRUARY 17, 2015AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: MAGHREB'S AL-QAEDA LEADER, 25 OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Algeria issued death sentences against 26 people convicted of terror-related offences, among