A new feminicide in Algeria arouses the anger of the population (Illustration) -

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Chaïma's body was found at the beginning of October, after her disappearance, at a deserted petrol station in Thénia, near Boumerdès, east of Algiers.

The 19-year-old was beaten and raped before being burned alive, according to local media.

The suspect, confessed, is being prosecuted for “rape and intentional homicide with premeditation and ambush using torture”.

This is, according to the victim's mother, an old acquaintance of the family, against whom the young girl had filed a rape complaint in 2016.

# I Am Chaïma

Chaïma's death sparked a stir in Algeria, relaunching the debate on capital punishment on the one hand and on the urgency of the fight against violence against women on the other.

On social networks, Internet users criticize a "villainous" crime and demand justice.

In memory of the victim, a message is widely shared on the web: “I am Chaïma, I was raped in 2016 and I had the courage to file a complaint in a conservative society.

I am still Chaïma, it is 2020 and I was raped once again by the same rapist who stabbed and burned me. # JeSuisChaïma ”.

His mother demands the execution of the culprit

In a poignant video broadcast on social networks and taken up by local televisions, the mother of the victim, speaking directly to the Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, calls for the execution of the culprit.

Powerless in the face of the pain of this mother who lost her daughter who was raped, slaughtered and burned by her predator when he had already raped her 4 years ago, there's more justice ya Allah lpire yen a they blame the mother for letting her out #JeSuisChaima pic.twitter.com/iRUzQVuhCV

- Adel Solo 🇩🇿🇵🇸💪🏼 (@AdelWahdou) October 4, 2020

Also on the Internet, the debate on capital punishment is revived.

"The execution must be applied to the killer, to be an example for all those who think of the same action", "We must open the debate on the death penalty, the monster who killed her has no place in society or in prison, ”urge Internet users on Twitter.

"Rather, it is the laws that must be changed and applied"

However, the questioning of the moratorium on executions, applied in Algeria since 1993, is dividing society.

“The death penalty is not a deterrent.

It is discriminatory and does not protect the most vulnerable people, ”explains Hassina Oussedik, Amnesty International director for Algeria.

“It is not by demanding the death penalty that we will do him justice.

Rather, it is the laws that must be changed and applied, ”argues Algeria Feminicides, a Facebook account that compensates for the lack of official statistics by monitoring the issue.

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