Algeria: Threats to resume executions after 30 years severe blow to human rights

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, said Amnesty International as the government examines amendments to the penal code that would broaden the use of the death penalty. The organization calls on Algeria’s authorities to immediately establish an official moratorium as a first step […] The post Algeria: Threats to resume executions after 30 years severe blow to