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25 February 2008 :

Farouk Ksentini, chairman of the National Advisory Committee on Human Rights in Algeria, said on government TV that capital punishment should be abolished in Algeria, even if it is against shari'a.

(Sources: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, thememriblog.org, 22/02/2008)

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