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Lebanon becomes first Middle East country to abolish death penalty

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Lebanese lawmakers on Tuesday approved a law prohibiting the death penalty, making it the first Middle Eastern country to end capital punishment.

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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark parliament vote (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Lebanon's parliament has abolished the death penalty, becoming the first Arab country to replace it with life imprisonment and aggravated hard labor

  2. France 24

    🔴 Lebanon becomes first Middle Eastern country to abolish death penalty (opens France 24)

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  3. Al-Monitor

    Lebanon becomes first Arab country to abolish death penalty (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc walked out of Tuesday’s session in protest of the measure.

  4. The Times of Israel

    Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark vote, becoming first Arab nation to do so (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Majority of 128-member parliament votes in favor of formalizing a 2004 moratorium on executions, with the exception of the Hezbollah bloc, which opposes the motion

  5. Al Jazeera

    Lebanon parliament votes to end death penalty, 1st in Middle East to do so (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Death sentences will be replaced with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.

  6. BBC News

    Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty (opens BBC News)

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    The new law - which next goes to the cabinet for approval - would make Lebanon the first country in the Middle East to end capital punishment.

  7. Al-Monitor

    Lebanon abolishes death penalty in first for region (opens Al-Monitor)

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    BEIRUT, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday abolished the death penalty and replaced all existing death sentences with life imprisonment, the speaker's office said in a statement. The move makes it the first country in the Middle East to formally end capital punishment, after maintain…

  8. UPI

    Lebanon becomes first Middle East country to abolish death penalty (opens UPI)

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    Lebanese lawmakers on Tuesday approved a law prohibiting the death penalty, making it the first Middle Eastern country to end capital punishment.

  9. Al Jazeera

    Lebanon ends executions: Where does the death penalty still exist in 2026? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Three-quarters of the world has abolished the death penalty in law or in practice, according to Amnesty International.

  10. France 24

    Lebanon becomes first Middle East country to end death penalty (opens France 24)

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    Lebanon’s parliament voted on Tuesday to abolish the death penalty, making the country the first in the Middle East to do so. Lebanon has not carried out an execution since 2004, but death sentences have continued to be handed down, with the latest issued on Monday.

  11. Aleteia

    Lebanese Parliament votes to abolish the death penalty (opens Aleteia)

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    Lebanon voted to abolish capital punishment this week, and will become the first Arab country to legally end the practice. The majority of Parliament voted to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment and hard labor. Notably, the Hezbollah voting bloc voted against the measure.

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