{"id":"3cc3e2b3-5a62-40d8-af5a-40a4784309a6","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3363687/lebanon-becomes-first-arab-nation-abolish-death-penalty","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Lebanon becomes first Arab nation to abolish death penalty","plainHeadline":"Lebanon becomes the first Arab nation to abolish the death penalty.","rewrite":{"model":"gpt-5.6-sol","at":"2026-08-12T11:09:17.089Z"},"summary":["Lebanon's parliament approved legislation abolishing the death penalty on Tuesday.","Death penalty is replaced with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.","Lebanon becomes the first Arab country to formally abolish capital punishment.","Offences before the law's effect face life imprisonment; after, aggravated life imprisonment.","The move followed years of campaigning by human rights groups and lawmakers."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-08-11T13:23:29.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-08-11T18:58:23.506Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/0c8ad71b-92a1-4dd1-b266-d2ed650c7fc7"}