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
- MARCH 10, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
nine Islamists were sentenced to death in absentia by the tribunal in Bourmedés...
nine Islamists were sentenced to death in absentia by the tribunal in Bourmedés...
- MARCH 6, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
three Islamists were sentenced to death in absentia in Bourmedés...
three Islamists were sentenced to death in absentia in Bourmedés...
- MARCH 3, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
the tribunal in Boumerdès, Algeria, sentenced fifteen Islamists to death in absentia...
the tribunal in Boumerdès, Algeria, sentenced fifteen Islamists to death in absentia...
- MARCH 2, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
three Islamists, two identified as Mohamed Tadjer and Abdelakrim Merouane Abdelakrim...
three Islamists, two identified as Mohamed Tadjer and Abdelakrim Merouane Abdelakrim...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
emir Abou Talha, real name Khelifi Youcef...
emir Abou Talha, real name Khelifi Youcef...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
eight Islamists, found guilty in two separate trials...
eight Islamists, found guilty in two separate trials...
- FEBRUARY 24, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
three Islamists were sentenced to death in Algeria by the tribunal in Boumerdès...
three Islamists were sentenced to death in Algeria by the tribunal in Boumerdès...
- FEBRUARY 22, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. CALL TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Farouk Ksentini, chairman of the National Advisory Committee on Human
- JANUARY 26, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
the Military tribunal in Guelma, Algeria...
the Military tribunal in Guelma, Algeria...
- JANUARY 1, 2008AlgeriaDEATH 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 18, 2007AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algeria voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Algeria voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- DECEMBER 8, 2007AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 1997 MASSACRE
an Algerian court passed the death sentence on a man involved in the brutal 1997 massacre of 12 teachers