Algeria: Upper house of parliament must reject regressive legislation expanding the death penalty after 30 years without executions

By Amnesty International

Responding to the lower house of the Algerian Parliament adopting today legal amendments that expand the scope of the death penalty after more than three decades without any executions, Amnesty International’s Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said: “Today’s decision by the Algerian People’s National Assembly to approve these […] The post Algeria: Upper house of parliament must reject regressive legislation expanding the death penalty after 30 years without executions appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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