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
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 PENALTY
ALGERIAN 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 PENALTY
ALGERIA 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 PENALTY
ALGERIA. 300 TERRORISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH SINCE EARLY 2008
the capital punishment sentences issued by the Algerian Justice system against pe
NOVEMBER 14, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: 12 AL-QAIDA AGENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a dozen al-Qaida agents have been sentenced to be executed in Algeria after the trial of more than 100
- OCTOBER 12, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: REZAG BARA CALLS FOR DEFINITELY ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Algerian President Bouteflika’s advisor in charge of Human Rights, Rezag Bara, wanted an ultimate decision to be made concerning the death penalty in Algeria.
- MAY 30, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. 14 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA FOR TERRORISM
an Algerian criminal court sentenced 14 people to death in absentia for a series of
- MAY 27, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
16 ALGERIAN ISLAMIC FIGHTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA
an Algerian court handed down death sentences in absentia to 16 alleged Islamic fighters on terrorism-related charges.
- MAY 25, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA SENTENCES 12 TO DEATH
a court in Boumerdes, Algeria, sentenced 12 people to
- MAY 24, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. 24 EXTREMISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
Twenty-four extremists have been sentenced to death in Algeria on c
- APRIL 8, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR 3 FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three defendants were sentenced to death by the Criminal Court in Algeria's
- APRIL 7, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
the military tribunal in Biskra, Algeria...
the military tribunal in Biskra, Algeria...
- APRIL 1, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
three Algerian Islamists were sentenced to death in absentia...
three Algerian Islamists were sentenced to death in absentia...
- MARCH 29, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
the military tribunal in Bourmedés, Algeria...
the military tribunal in Bourmedés, Algeria...
- MARCH 20, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, alias Abou El Abbas...
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, alias Abou El Abbas...
- MARCH 18, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
the penal tribunal in Bourmedés, Algeria...
the penal tribunal in Bourmedés, Algeria...
- MARCH 16, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
A. Hlima and H. Ali were sentenced to death by the tribunal in...
A. Hlima and H. Ali were sentenced to death by the tribunal in...
- 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...