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
- DECEMBER 7, 2014AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Gouri Abdelmalek, the leader of the terrorist group Jund El Khilafah, and his deputy, Torfi Rabah, were
Gouri Abdelmalek, the leader of the terrorist group Jund El Khilafah, and his deputy, Torfi Rabah, were
- NOVEMBER 13, 2014AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: RESTORING DEATH PENALTY NEEDS OPEN DEBATE
Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Louh said the restoration of the suspended death penalty in the country
- JANUARY 1, 2014AlgeriaDEATH 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 19, 2013AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Three Algerians accused of abducting and killing a young man one year ago in the Kabylie
JULY 21, 2013AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES TWO CONVICTS TO DEATH
In Algeria, the Criminal Court of Constantine sentenced to death two men for kidnapping
- MAY 5, 2013AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: COURT SENTENCES TWO ISLAMISTS TO DEATH
Two Islamists accused of killing 500 people during Algeria's civil war, including the rape
APRIL 23, 2013AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: FIVE JIHADISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Jihadist leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar and four members of his group were condemned to death
MARCH 13, 2013AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: EX-POLICE CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Algeria court sentenced a former police commissioner to death for murdering
- MARCH 11, 2013AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: COURT SENTENCES 14 AL-QAEDA SUSPECTS TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
An Algerian court has sentenced 14 suspects having linked to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic
JANUARY 19, 2013AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: AL-QAEDA BOSS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Algerian court sentenced to death the fugitive head of Al-Qaeda's North Africa
- JANUARY 1, 2013AlgeriaDEATH 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 24, 2012AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: 8 SENTENCD TO DEATH FOR MURDER, KIDNAPPINGS
An Algerian court sentenced to death eight men for murdering a businessman