LEBANON BECOMES FIRST ARAB NATION TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY

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… The vote makes Lebanon the first Arab country to formally abolish the death penalty.

News - South China Morning Post reports that 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…

The report adds: The vote makes Lebanon the first Arab country to formally abolish the death penalty.

Justice Minister Adel Nassar, who attended the parliamentary session, described the vote as a “historic step” for Lebanon.

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