Lebanon’s parliament has abolished the death penalty, replacing it with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labor after an unofficial halt to executions since 2004. The vote makes Lebanon the first Arab country to end capital punishment.
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Libanon schafft Todesstrafe nach zwei Jahrzehnten Moratorium ab

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Das Parlament des Libanon hat die Todesstrafe abgeschafft und durch lebenslange Haft mit erschwerter Zwangsarbeit ersetzt. Seit 2004 galt ein inoffizieller Hinrichtungsstopp. Libanon ist damit das erste arabische Land, das die Todesstrafe beendet.

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