Algeria faces calls to drop death penalty plans after wildfires
- Rights group warns Algeria could exploit proposed death penalty laws to suppress domestic political opposition.
- Amnesty International has urged Algeria to abandon plans to expand the death penalty and resume executions, following presidential moves to make wildfire arson a capital crime.
- In a statement issued on Tuesday, the human rights organisation called for an immediate halt to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s directives.
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- Rights group warns Algeria could exploit proposed death penalty laws to suppress domestic political opposition.
- Amnesty International has urged Algeria to abandon plans to expand the death penalty and resume executions, following presidential moves to make wildfire arson a capital crime.
- In a statement issued on Tuesday, the human rights organisation called for an immediate halt to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s directives.
Sources: Al Jazeera