PoliticsLebanon parliament votes to end death penalty, first in Middle East to do so
Lebanon’s parliament has voted to end the death penalty, making the country the first in the Middle East to take such a step. Death sentences will no longer be carried out under the measure. Instead, they will be replaced by life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.
AAl Jazeera★★★☆☆2026-08-11 15:20Original
Lebanon parliament votes to end death penalty, first in Middle East to do so
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