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.
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MAY 7, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: COLONEL GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
the Beirut Military Tribunal in Lebanon sentenced a Lebanese Army
- APRIL 21, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDIS NOT TO BEHEAD LEBANESE PYSCHIC
a Lebanese TV psychic condemned to death for witchcraft by a Saudi Arabian court while visiting the country will not be beheaded, his lawyer said.
APRIL 21, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: DEATH SENTENCES FOR TWO PALESTINIANS AND SYRIAN
in Lebanon, military investigation judge Fadi Sawan Sentenced two Palestinians
- APRIL 2, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA 'HOLDS OFF ON EXECUTING SORCERER'
Saudi Arabia apparently stayed the execution of Lebanese former TV presenter Ali Sibat who was convicted of sorcery.
- MARCH 31, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE AUTHORITIES URGED TO INTERVENE TO HALT EXPECTED SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTION
Amnesty International urged Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to halt the imminent execution of Lebanese national Ali Hussain Sibat in Saudi Arabia, after the organisation received reports that an execution is scheduled for tomorrow.
- MARCH 4, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: DEATH SENTENCES FOR 12 EXTREMISTS
twelve Islamic extremists were sentenced to death in Lebanon for terrorism.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: PALESTINIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LEBANON
a Lebanese military court sentenced Palestinian Hussein Khattab to death in absentia for being involved in the murders of members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
A retired member of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces was sentenced to death for having spied for Israel and for his involvement in the murder of two Palestinian militant leaders.
- JANUARY 18, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: COURT CONDEMNS PALESTINIAN TO DEATH
Palestinian national, Rami Issa Abdallah, was sentenced to death by Military Investigating Magistrate Fadi Sawwan in Beirut, Lebanon, for belonging to a terrorist group with the aim of conducting terrorist acts.
- JANUARY 7, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: DEATH ROW INMATES PLEAD FOR SECOND CHANCE
a gathering held inside Lebanon’s largest prison, Roumieh, urged the Lebanese government to move toward formal abolition of the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2010LebanonDEATH 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 29, 2009LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: SEVEN FROM BADDAWI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERROR
death sentences were given to six Palestinians and one Lebanese after Lebanese Military Investigative Magistrate Fadi Sawwan charged them with belonging to a terrorist group.
NOVEMBER 11, 2009LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: DEATH SENTENCE TO 4 CONVICTED OF COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL
military judges in Lebanon issued death sentences to four people found guilty of collaborating with Israel.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a court in Medina sentenced a Lebanese man to death for the undefined crime of practicing
a court in Medina sentenced a Lebanese man to death for the undefined crime of practicing
- OCTOBER 21, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: ISLAMISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACK AGAINST THE ARMY
the Lebanese Justice system issued death sentences to seven members of the Fatah al-Islam group for a bloody attack against the Lebanese Army in August 2008, a legal source said.
AUGUST 29, 2009LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTRY CAMPAIGNS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
The Justice Ministry in Lebanon has launched a nationwide campaign this week to rally public support for
- JANUARY 1, 2009LebanonDEATH 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 25, 2008LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: PUBLIC MUST WAIT FOR FULL ABOLITION PLAN
the Lebanese government will use television to gain maximum attention for its plan to abolish the death
- OCTOBER 10, 2008LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: NAJJAR PRESENTS DRAFT LAW TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar presented a draft law to the Cabinet that would abolish the death penalty and replace it with life in prison at hard labor.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: HIZBULLAH EXECUTED SENIOR ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE
the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa reported that Hizbullah executed one of its senior military officers, Jamal Salah, on charges of maintaining contacts with "hostile elements" in Lebanon and of spying for Walid Jumblatt's Socialist Progressive Party.
- APRIL 1, 2008LebanonDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA. SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING
a Syrian court sentenced four Syrians, two Turkish and one Lebanese to death for
- JANUARY 13, 2008IsraelDEATH PENALTY
ISRAELI SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LEBANON
a Lebanese military court issued a death verdict against an Israeli officer charged with assassination of two Palestinian fighters.
- JANUARY 1, 2008LebanonDEATH 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 18, 2007LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
a court in Beirut sentenced Lebanese national Youssef al-Hajj Dib to death in absentia for his involvement in an attempt to blow up two trains in Germany in July 2006.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2007LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanon abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Lebanon abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- NOVEMBER 14, 2007LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: 40 MEN AWAIT EXECUTION IN ROUMIEH PRISON
the prospect of passing a ban against the death penalty has become increasingly distant in Lebanon, where human rights advocates say court trials are often expedient and the accused often lack adequate counsel. Sonele Daas sits on death row in Lebanon's c
- MARCH 28, 2007LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON. DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF SAUDI BUSINESSMAN
the criminal court in Lebanon Mountain has unanimously issued the death penalty to Mohammed Ali
- JANUARY 1, 2007LebanonDEATH 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.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2006LebanonDEATH PENALTY
it was reported that Walid Slaybi...
it was reported that Walid Slaybi, one of the most prominent Lebanese figures to voice their objections to death penalty, is currently lobbying for a new law that would reverse the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE. AUTHORITIES REFUSES TO EXTRADITE SYRIAN OVER HARIRI MURDER
French legal authorities refused to extradite to Lebanon an ex-Syrian intelligence officer to answer questions about the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq el-Hariri.