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 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.
JANUARY 15, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
the Criminal Court in Algiers issued the death sentence against a man bearing the initials K.J, nicknamed
JANUARY 12, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEATH PENALTY OPENS IN ALGIERS
a regional conference on penal reform and the UN resolution calling for a moratorium
- JANUARY 6, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
an official of the Popular National Assembly sent laws regarding...
an official of the Popular National Assembly sent laws regarding...
- JANUARY 2, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR 2 MEN INVOLVED IN BOUTEFLIKA ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
the Criminal Court in Batna province, eastern Algeria, sentenced a man identified as Fayçal. M to death.
- JANUARY 1, 2009AlgeriaDEATH 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.
- DECEMBER 23, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Abderahmane Deliri, an Islamic extremist...
Abderahmane Deliri, an Islamic extremist...
DECEMBER 6, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIAN MPS WANT TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
a group of Algerian parliamentarians filed a bill aimed at abolishing capital punishment, amove
- DECEMBER 4, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIAN COURT SENTENCES 10 ISLAMISTS TO DEATH
a court in Algeria sentenced 10 Islamists to death in absentia on charges of participating in attacks, the APS news agency reported.
DECEMBER 3, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA HANDS ISLAMIST DEATH SENTENCE
an Algerian Islamist convicted of homicide and being part of a terrorist group was sentenced to death by a
- NOVEMBER 27, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
a court in Boumerdes, Algeria, sentenced Said Zoughli...
a court in Boumerdes, Algeria, sentenced Said Zoughli...
NOVEMBER 24, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA. 300 TERRORISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH SINCE EARLY 2008
the capital punishment sentences issued by the Algerian Justice system against pe