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 6, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
eight Islamist militants were sentenced to death in absentia...
eight Islamist militants were sentenced to death in absentia...
NOVEMBER 13, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: HEAD OF QAIDA SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Algerian Criminal Court sentenced to 49 al-Qaida of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) members to death,
SEPTEMBER 16, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: JUSTICE MINISTER THANKS LIBYAN LEADER FOR PARDONING PRISONERS
Minister of State for Justice and Keeper of the Seals Tayeb Belaiz has expressed Algeria's appreciation for
- JUNE 9, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: GOVERNMENT REJECTS DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION PROPOSAL
the Algerian Government rejected a proposal to abolish the death penalty based on the struggle against Islamic terrorism, and security and organised crime considerations.
MAY 17, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: EIGHT ISLAMIST MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
eight Islamist militants still on the run were sentenced to death by an Algerian
- MAY 10, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: BEN TITRAOUI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
Omar Ben Titraoui was sentenced to death in absentia for terrorism by
- MAY 7, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
22 members of an armed group were sentenced to death in absentia...
22 members of an armed group were sentenced to death in absentia...
MAY 5, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: 14 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
fourteen men were sentenced to death in absentia for terrorism by Algerian authorities,
- APRIL 26, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
in Algeria, five members of an armed group were sentenced to death by a court in Boumerdès.
in Algeria, five members of an armed group were sentenced to death by a court in Boumerdès.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR DROUKDAL AND 11 OF HIS MEMBERS
the criminal court of Djelfa, Algeria, handed the death penalty to the emir of “El Qaida
- JANUARY 29, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
DEBATE RAGES IN ALGERIA OVER PROPOSED DEATH PENALTY BAN
debate is heating up in Algeria between clerics and human rights activists over a proposed ban on capital punishment in the country.
- JANUARY 15, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY IN ALGERIA MEANT TO TERRIFY POLITICAL OPPONENTS”
Sheikh Abderahmane Chibane, Head of the Muslim Scholars Association in Algeria, accused several human rights activists of being against Islam for pleading for the end to the death penalty.