{
  "id": 705085,
  "title": "Lebanon passes sweeping amnesty law for prisoners, wanted people",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/lebanon-passes-sweeping-amnesty-law-for-prisoners-wanted-people-705085",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T21:39:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanon-passes-sweeping-amnesty-law-prisoners-wanted-people"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lebanon passes sweeping amnesty law for prisoners, wanted people Lebanon's parliament on Wednesday passed a sweeping and long-awaited amnesty law that should benefit thousands of prisoners and wanted people, in the first legislation of its kind since 1991. The law, which had been a demand of various political factions and a topic of debate for years, aims to reduce prison overcrowding, with many…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Lebanon's sweeping amnesty law: what we know",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/lebanons-sweeping-amnesty-law-what-we-know",
        "published": "2026-08-12T16:08:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}