Amnesty urges Algeria to abandon death penalty plans after wildfires

TUNIS: Amnesty International urged Algeria’s government on Tuesday to abandon plans to resume executions after it pledged to give the death penalty to those responsible for wildfires following deadly blazes last month. Algeria struggled to put out fires that swept through its northeast and killed 12 people last month, according to an official tally, while witnesses spoke of dozens of deaths. A member of a civil protection unit battles a wildfire in a mountainous area near the town of Al Hac