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- Algeria President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered the Justice Minister to reintroduce the death penalty for arson.
- He issued the order on 30 August, setting a 15 September deadline for implementation.
- Official data record 12 deaths and 54 injuries, while other sources report over 70 deaths in one town.
- Authorities arrested 20 people between 26 July and 10 September on arson and subversion charges.
- Amnesty International urged an immediate moratorium and the removal of the proposed death-penalty expansion.