Lebanon
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · In 1994, capital punishment was reintroduced as an...
- News items in the archive
- 224
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Lebanon is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 224 news items on Lebanon, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
JANUARY 4, 2014LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ISRAEL COLLABORATION
Lebanon's Military Tribunal handed down a death sentence in absentia to two brothers for collaborating
- JANUARY 1, 2014LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.
DECEMBER 13, 2013LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES DOCTOR, HIS BROTHER FOR COLLABORATING WITH MOSSAD
A Lebanese military court sentenced a doctor to ten years in prisoner and his brother to
OCTOBER 13, 2013LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CHIEF REJECTS DEATH PENALTY
In Lebanon, Head of the Parliament’s Human Rights Committee Michel Moussa called
- OCTOBER 5, 2013LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES IN ABSENTIA ARMY OFFICER TO DEATH OVER COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL
The military court sentenced in absentia a Lebanese army officer to death for collaborating
AUGUST 6, 2013LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2008 ARMY ATTACK
In Lebanon, the Judicial Council sentenced five people to death – one posthumously
- JULY 19, 2013LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: AL-NUSRA MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Lebanon's military prosecutor raised the death penalty charge against six militants affiliated
- JANUARY 1, 2013LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.
- DECEMBER 14, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: SYRIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAHEL ALMA CASE
The Syrian man convicted in the killing of a young woman at a monastery in the Kesrouan area
- OCTOBER 4, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TWO CULPRITS IN CARACAS SHOOTING IN MAY
In Lebanon, Military Tribunal Judge Imad al-Zein issued the death penalty against Hani
- JULY 12, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: SIDON MURDERER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
A man was sentenced to death by the South Lebanon Criminal Court over the murder of
- APRIL 26, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: DEATH SENTENCE ORDERED AGAINST 26 SUSPECTS LINKED TO ESTONIAN ABDUCTION
In Lebanon, the military tribunal issued the death sentence against 26 individuals for
- APRIL 23, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: 2 MEN SENTENCED IN ABSENTIA FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL
In Lebanon, the Military Judiciary issued a death sentence in absentia against a Lebanese man
- APRIL 22, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
In Lebanon, a draft law to abolish the death penalty and replace it with hard labor or life in prison
In Lebanon, a draft law to abolish the death penalty and replace it with hard labor or life in prison
- MARCH 19, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: TRIBUNAL SENTENCES LEBANESE WHO COLLABORATED WITH ISRAEL
Lebanon’s Military Tribunal sentenced a Lebanese man to death in absentia and two others
- FEBRUARY 24, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: 3 LEBANESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Three Lebanese were sentenced to death by the Military Court in Lebanon for spying
- FEBRUARY 17, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Judicial officials say a Lebanese military court convicted a former policeman of spying
- JANUARY 1, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.
- JUNE 20, 2011LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: SPY FOR ISRAEL SENTENCED TO DEATH
at a military tribunal in Lebanon, Military Investigative Judge Fadi Swan sentenced merchant
- MAY 9, 2011LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES ISRAELI COLLABORATOR TO DEATH
a man accused of spying for Israel was sentenced to death in absentia in Lebanon by the Military Tribunal.
- APRIL 23, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SORCERER’S DEATH SENTENCE CUT TO 15-YEAR JAIL
a three man tribunal at the Madina court in Saudi Arabia commuted the 2011 death sentence of Lebanese man Ali Hassan Sabat...
- MARCH 3, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
"DEMOCRATIC" EGYPT SENDS APOSTATES TO THEIR DEATH
a major survey conducted in Egypt and in six other majority Muslim countries found an overwhelming majority in Egypt wanted those who commit adultery to be stoned and 84% wanted those who abandon the Muslim religion to be put to death.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
a Lebanese military court convicted a man of spying for Israel and sentenced
- JANUARY 1, 2011LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.
- NOVEMBER 6, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR
Lebanese man Gerges Elias Farah was sentenced to death by Permanent Military...
- NOVEMBER 1, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Lebanese military court sentenced Sami Farhat, Amar al-Halabi and Jawdat el
- AUGUST 19, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE CAUGHT SPYING FOR ISRAEL SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Lebanon, military court judge Nizar Khalil sentenced Ousama Ali Berri and fugitive Salim Atmeh to death for spying for Israel in 2006, state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.
- JULY 21, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
a Lebanese military court sentenced former school principal Hassan Ahmed al-Hussein
- JULY 13, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: ANOTHER ISRAELI SPY SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Lebanese military court sentenced a man to death for spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence
- JULY 1, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: CABINET AGREES ON DEATH PENALTY AGAINST ISRAELI SPIES
Lebanese Youth and Sports Minister Ali Abdullah said that ministers had unanimously agreed