Amnesty Urges Algeria to Drop Plan to Resume Executions After 30 Years

Amnesty International on September 15, 2026, urged Algeria to abandon plans to expand the death penalty and resume executions. The call followed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's directives to make wildfire arson a capital crime. Algeria has not executed anyone since 1993, though courts still impose death sentences later commuted to life.