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2010-02-26
Algeria supports death penalty abolition
Algeria plans to support Spain's proposal to set up an international commission against the death penalty, El Watan quoted the chief of the National Consultative Committee for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (CNCPPDH) as saying on Thursday (February 25th). Farouk Ksentini was speaking on the sidelines of the 4th Congress against the Death Penalty, held February 24th-26th in Geneva.
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