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Lebanon replaces death penalty with life imprisonment
Lebanon officially abolished the death penalty from its legal texts after 22 years of suspension and replaced it with "life and intensified hard labor," with the law being approved by the parliament by majority vote. This decision resulted from internal efforts and, incidentally, international pressure. Lebanon becomes the second Arab country to eliminate the death penalty after Djibouti in 1995. The law applies to all those sentenced to death before August 11, 2026, while the new punishment will be the alternative for those convicted after that date, with the death penalty remaining in place for serious crimes. This legislation aims to strengthen respect for human rights and reflects Lebanon's withdrawal from fully implementing the death penalty, a move considered significant in the human rights sphere.
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