A symbolic open doorway in soft daylight, representing a pardon in Algeria.

الْجَزَائِرُ تَمْنَحُ عَفْوًا لِخَمْسَةِ آلَافٍ وَخَمْسِمِئَةٍ وَتِسْعَةٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ شَخْصًا

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وَقَّعَ الرَّئِيسُ الْجَزَائِرِيُّ عَبْدُ الْمَجِيدِ تَبُّونُ مَرْسُومًا يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ، ٣١َ أُكْتُوبَرَ ٢٠٢٦. وَيَمْنَحُ الْمَرْسُومُ عَفْوًا لِخَمْسَةِ آلَافٍ وَخَمْسِمِئَةٍ وَتِسْعَةٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ شَخْصًا. وَجَاءَ الْقَرَارُ فِي ذِكْرَى ثَوْرَةِ أَوَّلِ نُوفَمْبَرَ، الَّتِي بَدَأَتْ عَامَ ١٩٥٤.

وَيَشْمَلُ الْعَفْوُ مَنْ صَدَرَتْ فِي حَقِّهِمْ أَحْكَامٌ نِهَائِيَّةٌ، إِذَا كَانَتْ عُقُوبَاتُهُمْ أَوِ الْمُدَّةُ الْمُتَبَقِّيَةُ مِنْهَا عَامَيْنِ أَوْ أَقَلَّ. وَلٰكِنَّ الْمَرْسُومَ لَا يَشْمَلُ كُلَّ الْمَحْكُومِ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَهُوَ يَسْتَثْنِي أَشْخَاصًا أُدِينُوا فِي قَضَايَا، مِنْهَا الْإِرْهَابُ وَالِاتِّجَارُ بِالْمُخَدِّرَاتِ وَالْفَسَادُ. وَنَشَرَتْ وَكَالَةُ الْأَنْبَاءِ الْجَزَائِرِيَّةُ وَصَحِيفَةُ الْخَبَرِ تَفَاصِيلَ الْقَرَارِ.

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Algeria Grants a Pardon to 5,539 People

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune signed a decree on Saturday, October 31, 2026. The decree grants a pardon to 5,539 people. The decision came on the anniversary of the November 1 Revolution, which began in 1954.

The pardon applies to people with final sentences if their sentence, or the time remaining, is two years or less. However, the decree does not include everyone who has been convicted. It excludes people convicted in certain cases, including terrorism, drug trafficking, and corruption. The Algeria Press Service and the newspaper El Khabar published details of the decision.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
مَرْسُومٌ noun decree
عَفْوٌ noun pardon
ذِكْرَى noun anniversary
حُكْمٌ نِهَائِيٌّ noun phrase final sentence
عُقُوبَةٌ noun sentence; penalty
يَسْتَثْنِي verb excludes
الِاتِّجَارُ بِالْمُخَدِّرَاتِ noun phrase drug trafficking
الْفَسَادُ noun corruption

Sources

  1. وكالة الأنباء الجزائرية (Algeria Press Service): رئيس الجمهورية يوقع مرسوما رئاسيا يتضمن العفو عن 5539 محبوسا بمناسبة الذكرى الـ 72 لاندلاع ثورة أول نوفمبر المجيدة
  2. الخبر (El Khabar): عفو رئاسي لفائدة 5539 محبوسا

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