Algeria introduces death penalty for arsonists after deadly wildfires
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Algeria has adopted a law imposing the death penalty on people convicted of arson of forests or fields after a series of deadly wildfires swept parts of the country.
在一系列致命的野火席卷该国部分地区后，阿尔及利亚通过了一项法律，对纵火森林或田地的人判处死刑。
Members of the national assembly voted through the bill, which also made child abduction a capital offence, on Thursday.
周四，国民议会成员投票通过了该法案，该法案也将绑架儿童定为死罪。
Capital punishment has been in the country's penal code for some offences, but no execution has been carried out since 1993.
该国刑法中已对某些罪行判处死刑，但自 1993 年以来尚未执行过死刑。
The official death toll from the blazes stands at 12, but independent news outlets believe the figure to be much higher.
官方公布的火灾死亡人数为 12 人，但独立新闻媒体认为这个数字要高得多。
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered the justice ministry to introduce the changes to the criminal law after more than 100 fires in the north-east of the country during an intense heatwave in northern Africa.
阿尔及利亚总统阿卜杜勒马吉德·特布恩 (Abdelmadjid Tebboune) 在北非强烈热浪期间该国东北部发生 100 多起火灾后，下令司法部对刑法进行修改。
Under the law, anyone convicted of deliberately setting fire to forests, woods or fields could face execution.
根据法律，任何因故意纵火焚烧森林、树林或田地而被定罪的人都可能面临处决。
The death penalty has also been extended to child kidnappings that involve torture, sexual assault or mutilation.
死刑也适用于涉及酷刑、性侵犯或残害的绑架儿童行为。
According to news agency AFP, Justice Minister Lotfi Boudjemaa told parliament: "The adoption of the death penalty for these acts is the appropriate legal response to curb these crimes."
据法新社报道，司法部长洛特菲·布杰马告诉议会：“对这些行为采用死刑是遏制这些犯罪的适当法律反应。”
The tougher penalties were justified because arson had reached "the level of organised crime", with investigations suggesting links to "foreign parties", Boudjemaa said.
布杰马表示，更严厉的处罚是合理的，因为纵火事件已达到“有组织犯罪的程度”，调查显示纵火事件与“外国政党”有关。
The upper house, the Council of the Nation, will review the law before it is officially ratified by the president.
上议院国家委员会将在总统正式批准该法律之前对其进行审查。
Investigative journalist Nozha Khelalef has been gathering the names of those believed to have died in the fires from death notices posted by families and information shared by some local authorities.
调查记者诺扎·赫拉勒夫（Nozha Khelalef）一直在根据家人张贴的死亡通知和一些地方当局分享的信息收集据信在火灾中死亡的人的姓名。
Her tally, listed on the independent news website Twala, external, puts the death toll at 200.
她在外部独立新闻网站 Twala 上列出的统计显示，死亡人数为 200 人。
While Algeria regularly experiences forest fires in the summer, climate change has exacerbated the intensity and severity of recent wildfires in the country.
虽然阿尔及利亚在夏季经常发生森林火灾，但气候变化加剧了该国最近发生的野火的强度和严重性。
Algeria president seeks death penalty for arsonists after deadly forest fires At least 12 dead as wildfires sweep through northern Algeria Air conditioner sparked deadly blaze at children's orphanage - police
阿尔及利亚总统在致命森林火灾后寻求对纵火犯判处死刑 阿尔及利亚北部山火造成至少12人死亡 儿童孤儿院空调引发致命火灾 - 警方
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