Lebanon abolishes death penalty: Where does capital punishment still exist?
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Lebanon’s parliament on Tuesday (August 11, 2026) voted to abolish the death penalty, making it the first country in the Arab world to replace capital punishment with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.
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What happened
Lebanon’s parliament on Tuesday (August 11, 2026) voted to abolish the death penalty, making it the first country in the Arab world to replace capital punishment with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.
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