Algeria
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Moratorium on executions
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The Penal Code provides for the application of the...
- News items in the archive
- 168
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Algeria is classified as Moratorium on executions in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 168 news items on Algeria, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
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 PENALTYALGERIA: 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
OCTOBER 7, 2012AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 11 PEOPLE EXECUTED DESPITE INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY
Eleven people were executed in Iraq, bringing the number of executions this year to at least 113.
- JUNE 28, 2012AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: AL-QAEDA'S NORTH AFRICA CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA
an Algerian court sentenced the leader of Al-Qaeda's north African branch and seven
- MARCH 14, 2012AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: 7 MORE DEATH SENTENCES IN BOMB ATTACK TRIAL
An Algerian court passed 7 death sentences in connection with a string of bombings
MARCH 13, 2012AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: DEATH SENTENCE IN ABSENTIA FOR QAEDA NORTH AFRICA CHIEF
An Algerian court sentenced the head of Al-Qaeda's north African offshoot to death in his absence
JANUARY 22, 2012AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: FUGITIVE QAEDA CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Algeria sentenced a fugitive leader of al-Qaeda's north African wing and three of his followers to death for attacks against the military.
- JANUARY 1, 2012AlgeriaDEATH 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 29, 2011AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: SIX DEATH SENTENCES IN BORDJ BOUARRERIDJ
the Constantine criminal court in Algeria sentenced six men to death for the June 17, 2009...
- JANUARY 11, 2011AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Le Temps d'Algerie reported a Boumerdès court sentenced...
Le Temps d'Algerie reported a Boumerdès court sentenced al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb chief Abdelmalek Droukdel (also known as Abou Moussaab Abdelouadoud) and 15 other terrorists to death. The verdict against the 16 terrorists, including five emirs, was
- JANUARY 1, 2011AlgeriaDEATH 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, 2010AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR SUICIDE BOMBING
Walide Zeghina, 28, was sentenced to death in Algeria for a 2007 suicide bombing aimed at president Abdelaziz Bouteflika that left 26 people dead.
FEBRUARY 3, 2010AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERS
the Algiers criminal court in Algeria sentenced Mohamed Benziane to death for assassinations
- JANUARY 1, 2010AlgeriaDEATH 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 6, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
eight Islamist militants were sentenced to death in absentia...
eight Islamist militants were sentenced to death in absentia...
- NOVEMBER 13, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: 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.