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
- 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
- DECEMBER 3, 2007AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: FORMER TERRORIST GROUP LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH
former national Islamic Armed Group leader, Noureddine Boudiaf...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2007AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: 2 GSPC MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION
a criminal court in Tizi Ouzou, 100 km east of Algiers in Algeria...
- NOVEMBER 19, 2007AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: DEATH SENTENCES FOR PRISON GUARD MURDER
a court in Tizi Ouzou Province, 100 km east of Algiers, Algeria, sentenced two men who killed a prison guard in September to death in absentia.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2007AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. 2 GIA TERRORIST CHIEFS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY ALGIERS COURT
in Algiers, Algeria, a criminal court sentenced two ringleaders of a GIA terrorist group operating in the Mitidja region to death. Rachid, known as Abou Tourab, and Laama G. Hocine, known as Mossaab, “sowed mayhem and destruction” for nearly a decade in t
- NOVEMBER 6, 2007AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. 10 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA FOR TERRORISM
in Algeria, the Tizi Ouzou Criminal Court sentenced 10 to death in absentia for terrorism. The
- JUNE 19, 2007AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA SENTENCES 13 TO DEATH
an Algerian court handed death sentences to 13 Islamists...
- JUNE 18, 2007AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA SENTENCES 24 TO DEATH
in Algeria, 24 Islamists were sentenced to death in a court in Boumerdes, east of the capital Algiers.
- MARCH 17, 2007AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
TOP ALGERIAN REBELS GET DEATH SENTENCE IN ABSENTIA
an Algerian court in Batna province sentenced to death in absentia two former leaders of an al Qaeda-
- JANUARY 1, 2007AlgeriaDEATH 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.
- MAY 30, 2006AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
the Chlef criminal court, Algeria, sentenced to death Bechairi Khalifa, known as Ould Labane, after convicting him of terrorist related activities.
- APRIL 3, 2006AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. DEATH PENALTY TO APPEAR IN NEW PENAL CODE
Algeria’s new criminal code, approved by the council of ministers and currently under parliamentary scrutiny, still included references to the death penalty, reported AGR news agency.
- MARCH 14, 2006AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. PROPOSALS UNDERWAY FOR THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Algeria, where no executions have taken place since 1993, intends to put an end to capital punishment
- JANUARY 1, 2006AlgeriaDEATH 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.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2005CanadaDEATH PENALTY
USA. NO DEATH PENALTY IN NEW GUANTANAMO CASES
the Pentagon said the United States would not seek the death penalty against any of the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners it had announced charges against on November 7.
- AUGUST 11, 2005AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. DEPORTATION RISK FOR TEN PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR TERRORISM
ten foreign nationals considered to pose a terrorist threat were detained in the last 24 hours by British police, with the intention of deporting them to their home countries.
- JULY 4, 2005AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. 7 FUGITIVES SENTENCED TO DEATH
an Algerian criminal court sentenced to death in absentia seven Islamic gunmen belonging to the radical Salafi Movement for Daawa and Fighting.
- JANUARY 10, 2005AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Two terrorists were condemned to death
Two terrorists were condemned to death by the Criminal Tribunal of Constantine
- JANUARY 1, 2005AlgeriaDEATH 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.
- AUGUST 1, 2004AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Fouad Boulemia, an Algerian Islamist militant already...
Fouad Boulemia, an Algerian Islamist militant already sentenced to death for murder, received a second death sentence for his involvement in the worst civilian massacre during the country's recent civil war
- JUNE 27, 2004AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Belaiz pledged to abandon...
Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Belaiz pledged to abandon the death penalty for all but serious crimes such as terrorism and treason
- APRIL 11, 2004AlgeriaDEATH 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.
- JUNE 30, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Constantine criminal court handed down six death...
The Constantine criminal court handed down six death sentences in absentia for the members of a terrorist group responsible for approximately 15 assassinations, racketeering, sabotage and destruction of public property, reported Le Matin web site
- JUNE 21, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
L. Achour, alias Salah, current commander of the Salafi...
L. Achour, alias Salah, current commander of the Salafi Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), was sentenced to death in absentia by the criminal court in Constantine, Algeria, the Algerian daily El-Khabar's website reported. He was accused of belonging to an
- JUNE 14, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Four armed Islamic militants were sentenced to death...
Four armed Islamic militants were sentenced to death in abstentia by an Algerian court, official news agency APS reported