{
  "id": 583153,
  "title": "Lebanon Becomes First Arab Nation To Abolish Death Penalty, Replaces It With Life Term",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/lebanon-becomes-first-arab-nation-to-abolish-death-penalty-replaces",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T16:18:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/lebanon-becomes-first-arab-nation-to-abolish-death-penalty-replaces-it-with-life-term"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lebanon’s parliament on Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making the country the first in the Arab world to replace capital punishment with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour. A majority of the 128-member parliament voted to end the death penalty, with Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc opposing the move. Justice Minister Adel Nassar, who was present in Parliament, described the…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}