Capital Punishment
Abolition of the death penalty receives mixed reception from Algerians
2008-10-23
Algerians have mixed feelings about capital punishment. For some it is against the right to life, but others say the right to life of victims of terrorism should be defended first.
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Algerian government panel calls for abolishing death penalty
2008-10-13
In its annual report for the Algerian government, the National Advisory Committee for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (CNCPPDH) called f...
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Amnesty International Morocco launches anti-death penalty blog competition
2008-10-12
The Moroccan chapter of Amnesty International (AI) launched a best blog competition, MAP reported on Saturday (October 11th). Blogs submitted for the...
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Algeria sentences three terrorists to death in absentia
2008-02-25
A Boumerdès criminal court sentenced three suspected terrorists to death in absentia on Sunday (February 24th) on charges of forming an armed terror...
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Amnesty International criticises Tunisian death sentence
2008-02-22
In a press release on Thursday (February 21st), Amnesty International (AI) condemned the Tunis court of appeals' decision to uphold the death sentenc...
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Tunisian court upholds death penalty for convicted terrorist
2008-02-21
The Tunis court of appeals upheld one of two death sentences Wednesday (February 20th) in the "Salafi group case". Saber Ragoubi, one of 30 men arres...
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Moroccan court commutes murderer's death sentence
2008-02-15
The Salé Appeals Court commuted the death sentence of Amin Mrini, a Dutchman of Moroccan origin, on Wednesday (February 13th), MAP reported. Mrini wa...
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NGOs call on Moroccan courts to strike death sentence against criminal
2008-02-11
Seven NGOs urged the appeals court in Salé to strike the death sentence of Amin Mrini on Saturday (February 9th), AFP reported. Mrini, a Dutchman of...
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Moroccans debate both sides of death penalty issue
2008-01-08
The death penalty in Morocco, suspended since 1993, has been the subject of a national debate in recent days. The justice ministry declared before parliament recently that the country will not support an upcoming UN resolution to abolish capital punishment.
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Morocco may end death penalty
2007-12-05
Moroccan Justice Minister Abdelwahed Radi said Morocco is close to abolishing the death penalty, MAP reported. Speaking after a government meeting Tu...
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Anti-death penalty group to kick off international campaign from Morocco
2007-10-04
The World Coalition against the Death Penalty (WCADP), an international NGO composed of 60 member organisations, announced on Tuesday (October 2nd) t...
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Tunisian organisations unite against the death penalty
2007-06-15
Tunisian organisations including the League for the Defence of Human Rights and the local branch of Amnesty International have banded together against the death penalty in their country. The new alliance will petition the Tunisian government, which has not executed a prisoner since 1993, to change the law by abolishing capital punishment altogether.
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EC diplomat killer sentenced to death in Sale
2007-02-21
The criminal tribunal in Sale on Tuesday (February 20th) handed out a death penalty to Karim Zimach, convicted of murdering European Commission (EC)...
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Morocco to abolish death penalty
2007-02-02
Morocco will remove the death penalty from its statute books by the end of April, becoming the first Arab state to have abolished the capital punishm...
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