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Yes — Code pénal art. 87 bis 4 apologie, encouragement, or financing, by any means, of the terrorist or subversive acts in that section.

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    Yes — Code pénal art. 87 bis 4 apologie, encouragement, or financing, by any means, of the terrorist or subversive acts in that section.
    Live statuteSupportedDZListed-speech offence

    المادة 87 مكرر 4

    أمر رقم 66-156 مؤرخ في 8 يونيو 1966 يتضمن قانون العقوبات

    Target
    Apologie, encouragement, or financing, by any means, of the terrorist or subversive acts in that section
    Test
    By any means. The charged forms are apologie, encouragement, and financing of the acts defined in art. 87 bis. No requirement that a further act follow.
    Max
    Réclusion of 5 to 10 years and a fine of 100,000 to 500,000 DA
    Quiconque fait l’apologie, encourage ou finance, par quelque moyen que ce soit, des actes visés à la présente section, est puni d’une peine de réclusion à temps de cinq (5) à dix (10) ans et d’une amende de cent mille (100.000) DA à cinq cents mille (500.000) DA.

    Official French of Code pénal art. 87 bis 4, inserted by ordonnance n° 95-11 of 25 February 1995 (JO n° 11). Ministry of Justice portal lists the Code as last completed by Loi 24-06 of 28 April 2024; this article’s apologie limb remains. Working English: whoever makes the apology for, encourages, or finances, by any means whatsoever, the acts referred to in this section — 5 to 10 years.

    Cite · C. pén. art. 87 bis 4 (ord. 95-11) · as of 2026-09-05

    • Do not treat 87 bis 4 as mere financing. Apologie is a distinct charged form.
    • Apologie is on the face of the statute, in the same sentence as encouragement and financing. Do not collapse those three limbs.
    • Art. 87 bis 5 (knowingly reproducing or disseminating documents making the apologie) is a neighbouring propaganda-materials cell, not this quote.
    • Overbreadth of 87 bis itself is Disputed in UN special-procedure material, not on this quote.
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