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
- DECEMBER 6, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Slimani, Ahmed Rabhi and Abdelkader Bouabdellah...
Mohamed Slimani, Ahmed Rabhi and Abdelkader Bouabdellah were condemned to death by the criminal court at Tizi Ouzou [100 km east of Algiers]
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
"A lasting peace in Algeria cannot be built by sacrificing...
"A lasting peace in Algeria cannot be built by sacrificing truth and justice," Amnesty International said in its new report 'Truth and justice obscured by the shadow of impunity'
- MAY 22, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Inmates sentenced to death and awaiting execution at...
Inmates sentenced to death and awaiting execution at Batna's Tazoult prison entered their second day of hunger strike to complain against detention conditions
- MAY 17, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Portugal's Supreme Court delayed ruling on an appeal...
Portugal's Supreme Court delayed ruling on an appeal against extradition filed by Algerian national Sid Ahmed Rezala, aged 20, accused of killing three women in France, two of them onboard trains
- FEBRUARY 2, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he might...
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he might offer amnesty to a radical Moslem guerrilla faction because it had not massacred civilians
- JANUARY 27, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International co-ordinator Des Hogan accused...
Amnesty International co-ordinator Des Hogan accused the Australian Government of deporting an Algerian national despite an order by the United Nations Committee Against Torture to defer his deportation until his case could be assessed
- JANUARY 1, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for the application of the...
The Penal Code provides for the application of the death penalty for serious offenses including: treason and espionage, attempts to change the regime or actions aimed at incitement, destruction of territory, sabotage to public and economic utilities, mass
- JANUARY 1, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
In June 1999, aiming to promote civil reconciliation...
In June 1999, aiming to promote civil reconciliation after seven years of bloodshed, the Algerian Parliament approved a law providing for reduced prison terms to be meted out to members of armed Islamic fundamentalist groups
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, the Criminal Court of Steif District...
On November 3, the Criminal Court of Steif District imposed the death sentence on the owner of the Al-Hilal Factory and sentenced another 4 distributors to 10 years' imprisonment
- OCTOBER 24, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
On October 24, President Bouteflika sent MEP Emma Bonino...
On October 24, President Bouteflika sent MEP Emma Bonino a letter saying Algeria would abstain on the resolution for a moratorium on executions presented by the European Union at the 54th UN General Assembly
- SEPTEMBER 16, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
On September 16, the referendum on the "civil conciliation"...
On September 16, the referendum on the "civil conciliation" law passed with 84
- JULY 22, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algeria signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Algeria signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JULY 1, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
In July, President Bouteflika granted mercy to about...
In July, President Bouteflika granted mercy to about one thousand fundamentalists
- JUNE 15, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
On June 15, a court in Jijel condemned to death, in...
On June 15, a court in Jijel condemned to death, in absentia, 4 of the 16 Islamic terrorists accused of having killed 7 Italian sailors, the whole crew of "Lucina," during the night of July 6 and 7, 1994 in the port of Djendjen
- JUNE 1, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
In June, President Bouteflika decided to grant mercy...
In June, President Bouteflika decided to grant mercy to fundamentalists if they surrendered following the "civil conciliation" law, approved by a large majority of the Parliament and part of an agreement between Government and the group "Islamic Army of S
- APRIL 15, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
On April 15, Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected President...
On April 15, Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected President of Algeria
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for the application of the...
The Penal Code provides for the application of the death penalty for serious offenses including: treason and espionage, attempts to change the regime or actions aimed at incitement, destruction of territory, sabotage to public and economic utilities, mass
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or...
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions affirmed (E/CN