{
  "id": 561501,
  "title": "Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark parliament vote",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/lebanon-abolishes-death-penalty-in-landmark-parliament-vote-561501",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T10:53:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
    "slug": "associated-press",
    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-death-penalty-beirut-execution-5b945eed24515c8b42be348a86a3d042"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making it the first country in the Arab world to replace the sentencing with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labor. The tiny Mediterranean country has committed to an unofficial moratorium on executions since January 2004.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}