Event Brief
Amnesty urges Algeria to abandon plans to resume executions
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM ET
Summary: Amnesty International said Algeria’s authorities must immediately abandon any plans to expand the scope of the death penalty or resume executions after more than three decades without carrying one out. The group called for an official moratorium as a first step toward fully abolishing the death penalty while Algeria examines amendments to the penal code.
WHO: Amnesty International
WHAT: Calls on Algeria to abandon plans to broaden the death penalty and to resume executions, and urges an official moratorium toward full abolition.
WHEN: Sep 16, 2026 at 1:39 AM ET
WHERE: Algeria
WHY: Amnesty is reacting to Algeria examining penal code amendments that would broaden the use of the death penalty and any plans to resume executions after more than three decades without them.
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