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Lebanon becomes first Arab country to abolish death penalty as Hezbollah votes no

Parliament approves replacing capital punishment with life imprisonment and hard labor after executions had been frozen since 2004; Hezbollah was the only faction to oppose the measure, citing a pending amnesty bill

Lebanon becomes first Arab country to abolish death penalty as Hezbollah votes no

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