# Lebanon parliament votes to end death penalty, first in Middle East to do so

https://mins.news/en/item/19287

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-11 15:20 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/11/lebanons-parliament-votes-to-end-death-penalty-first-in-middle-east-to-so?traffic_source=rss

> 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.

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