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Lebanon's 35-Year Pardons Evolution
The Lebanese Parliament re-approved the amnesty law after 35 years since the 1991 pardon, which aimed to close the chapter on the civil war and open a new political phase. As for the 2026 law, it focuses on addressing the conditions of detainees and convicted persons, reducing lengthy detentions and the prison crisis. It is considered a socially oriented criminal law targeting specific categories of offenses, with the goal of improving prisoners' conditions and sometimes easing sentences. Experts emphasize that the difference between the two laws lies in their circumstances: the 1991 amnesty was part of a political settlement after the war, while the current law concentrates on judicial and humanitarian issues related to the high number of detainees, and is sometimes used as a means for political settlement and to address judicial deficiencies.
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