An Algerian court handed over 49 people The death penalty on Thursday for brutal murder of artist who been charged of A devastating wildfire has started but she has already arrived to help in put it outto me defense Lawyers and the state news Agency.
The killing last year in Kabylie region region of Northeastern Algeria shocked the country, especially after harsh images of It was shared on social media. It came in the form of mountain barbarians region It was reeling from a wildfire that had killed 90 people peopleIncluding soldiers Trying to tame the flames.
Giant trial with high security over Artist Jamal Ben Ismail killing included more More than 100 suspects, most of them of who they were found sinner of some role in for him death.
those who gave death penalty probably face life in prison instead Because Algeria has a freeze on Executions for contracts. And sentences were issued against 38 others of Between two and 12 years old in prison said lawyer Hakim Sahib member of collective of volunteering defense Lawyers at trial in Algiers suburb of white dora
With forest fires raging in In August 2021, Ben Ismail wrote on Twitter that he would head to the Kabylie region region320 kilometers (200 miles) from the country hometo me “give Hands on to our friends’ firefighting.
Has arrival in Village Arba Nath Arathin hit hard Because of the fires, some locals accused him of Being an arsonist, apparently because he wasn’t who area.
Martyr Ben Ismail, 38 years old outside Police Department on a main Field of City. The police said he was dragged away out of The station that was being protected is being attacked. Among those on The trial was three women And a man who Inanimate stabbed the victim with a knife body before it burns.
said the police photos posted online I helped them identify the suspects. stupor family He wondered why those portrayals hadn’t saved him instead.
trial also It had political overtones. five people Convicted in Both are absent for Involvement in The killing And the for belongs to or supporting Sahib said the banned separatist movement of Kabylie is called MAC. It is based in the movement’s leader, Farhat Mhanni in France was among them. Algerian authorities accused MAK of ordering Fires.
Defense lawyers said the confessions were coerced under torture and described the trial as a political drama aimed at stigmatizing Kabylie. in time of Fires region It was last stronghold of The pro-democracy “Hirak” protest movement that helped bring about down President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
hundreds of Algerian citizens were imprisoned for In an attempt to keep the movement alive, whose marches were banned with the support of the Algerian army government.
