Brief Published (Dubai time, UTC+4) · event date: 2026-09-21
On September 21, Algerian Justice Minister Lotfi Boudjemaâ presented a bill revising the Penal Code before the Commission on Legal and Administrative Affairs, Freedoms, and Human Rights of the National People’s Assembly.
This bill, requested by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, proposes to reinstate the death penalty for specific crimes, notably arson and child abductions.
This legislative initiative has sparked critical reactions, particularly from associations opposing the reinstatement of capital punishment in these cases.
