Lebanon has stepped into history as the first Middle Eastern nation to abolish capital punishment, a gesture of moral courage that places it apart from neighbors where executions number in the hundreds annually. Yet within the same legislative breath, a sweeping amnesty law has unsettled the very ground of that achievement, prompting Christians, victims' advocates, and exiled communities to ask whether justice was being served or merely rearranged. In a country where every law is filtered through the prism of sectarian identity and institutional fragility, the question is not only what was abo
Lebanon abolishes death penalty, but amnesty law sparks Christian concerns
The amnesty law potentially affects thousands of prisoners and raises concerns about victims of excluded crimes including rape, human trafficking, torture, and enforced disappearance.