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Lebanon Abolishes Death Penalty, First Nation in Middle East to Do So
Kathmandu— Lebanon’s parliament passed legislation on Tuesday abolishing the death penalty, becoming the first nation in the Middle East to do so. The law replaces capital punishment with life imprisonment featuring aggravated hard labor, effectively ending a practice that, while unofficially suspended since 2004, continued to be issued by courts. A majority of the 128-member […]
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Source:ABC News
Entity Extraction
Persons Mentioned (2)
Heba MorayefAdel Nassar
Organizations (4)
HezbollahLebanese ParliamentAmnesty InternationalLebanese Ministry of Justice
Locations (3)
LebanonKathmanduMiddle East
Categorization & Context
Primary Domain
law and judiciary
Event Nature
other
Event Format
standard news report
All Categories
legislation
Key Phrases
- •capital punishment
- •death penalty
- •justice minister
- •Middle East
- •human rights
- •Amnesty International
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Lebanon
Kathmandu
Middle East
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