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Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty

Protesters hold cardboard figures with ropes round their necks during a rally against the death penalty in Beirut, Lebanon in October 2013. Lebanon's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, a move that would make it the first country in the Middle East to formally end capital punishment. A majority of MPs in the 128-seat parliament backed the measure on Tuesday, while Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc voted against it. The legislation will now go to the cabinet before being passed to President Joseph Aoun for signing. The government has already expressed its support for the measure.

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Scoop News DeskLebanon · Published Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM UTCUpdated Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM UTC

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As co-founder of the Lebanese Association for Civil Rights, she led a nearly three-decade campaign to abolish the death penalty in Lebanon. "We are in a war, and people [have been] killed every day, so even in this situation, we can fight, we can struggle for human rights, and we can win.

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Protesters hold cardboard figures with ropes round their necks during a rally against the death penalty in Beirut, Lebanon in October 2013. Lebanon's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, a move that would make it the first country in the Middle East to formally end capital punishment. A majority of MPs in the 128-seat parliament backed the measure on Tuesday, while Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc voted against it. The legislation will now go to the cabinet before being passed to President Joseph Aoun for signing. The government has already expressed its support for the measure.
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Protesters hold cardboard figures with ropes round their necks during a rally against the death penalty in Beirut, Lebanon in October 2013. Lebanon's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, a move that would make it the first country in the Middle East to formally end capital punishment. A majority of MPs in the 128-seat parliament backed the measure on Tuesday, while Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc voted against it. The legislation will now go to the cabinet before being passed to President Joseph Aoun for signing. The government has already expressed its support for the measure.
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