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title: "Lebanon becomes first Middle East country to abolish death penalty"
description: "Most outlets reported that Lebanon’s parliament abolished the death penalty, emphasizing its status as the first country in the Middle East to do so. 24 News HD and Dawn included similar details, with Dawn noting that Lebanon had not carried out an execution since 2004, but that death sentences had still been issued. Both headlines and excerpts framed the development as a formal legislative action."
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# Lebanon becomes first Middle East country to abolish death penalty

world · latest filing 12 Aug 2026, 8:07 AM PKT · 11–12 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that Lebanon’s parliament abolished the death penalty, emphasizing its status as the first country in the Middle East to do so. 24 News HD and Dawn included similar details, with Dawn noting that Lebanon had not carried out an execution since 2004, but that death sentences had still been issued. Both headlines and excerpts framed the development as a formal legislative action.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Dawn** — [Lebanon abolishes death penalty](https://www.dawn.com/news/2022276/lebanon-abolishes-death-penalty) · 12 Aug 2026, 8:07 AM PKT
  > BEIRUT: Lebanon’s parliament on Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making the country the first in the Middle East to formally end the practice. Lebanon had not carried out an execution since 2004, but sentences were still being issued, the latest being on Monday, and Amnesty International said 85 people were still on death row by January. Capital punishment typically applies to major crimes ...
- **24 News HD** — [Lebanon abolishes death penalty in Middle East first](https://www.24newshd.tv/11-Aug-2026/lebanon-abolishes-death-penalty-middle-east-first) · 11 Aug 2026, 9:11 PM PKT · 95% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making the country the first in the Middle East to formally end the practice.

2 articles from 2 outlets, 11–12 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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