Lebanon takes step to become first Arab country to abolish death penalty

The bill would make life sentence with hard labor the highest penalty that can be imposed.

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 maintaining a de facto morat

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.

BEIRUT, Aug 11 - 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.

Lebanon’s parliament voted to abolish the death penalty on Tuesday

In a landmark change to Lebanon’s penal system, the country’s parliament on Tuesday approved legislation abolishing the death penalty, replacing it with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour, the state-run National News Agency reported. The vote makes Lebanon the first Arab country to formally abolish the death

The abolition came as part of a series of bills to be discussed in the current legislative session, including a general amnesty law that has been debated for years.

Lebanon's parliament Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making it the first country in the Arab world to replace the sentencing with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.

Lebanon’s parliament Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making it the first country in the Arab world to replace the sentencing with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.

Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making the country the first in the Middle East to formally end the practice. "The draft law aimed at abolishing the death penalty in Lebanon was approved after amendments were made to it," the speaker of parliament's office announced. Lebanon had not carried

A majority of Lebanon's 128-member parliament voted in favor of ending the death penalty, with the exception of the parliamentary bloc of Hezbollah.

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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

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