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
- OCTOBER 1, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A Lebanese military court sentenced six men convicted...
A Lebanese military court sentenced six men convicted of spying for Israel
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
In Lebanon, a military court sentenced six men convicted...
In Lebanon, a military court sentenced six men convicted of spying for Israel on Hezbollah and the Lebanese and Syrian armies to terms ranging from a year in jail to death
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Badie Hamadeh was sentenced to death for shooting dead...
Badie Hamadeh was sentenced to death for shooting dead three security officers
- AUGUST 8, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Chief Beirut Investigating Magistrate Hatem Madi requested...
Chief Beirut Investigating Magistrate Hatem Madi requested the death penalty for the deputy leader of Esbat al-Ansar and six other members of the Islamic fundamentalist group, for their role in the 1996 murder of a Sidon man
- APRIL 26, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A Lebanese military court sentenced to death in absentia...
A Lebanese military court sentenced to death in absentia three former militiamen convicted of collaborating with Israel during its occupation of southern Lebanon
- APRIL 10, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The head of Lebanon's Hizbollah guerrilla group offered...
The head of Lebanon's Hizbollah guerrilla group offered to free a captive Israeli colonel in return for the safety of around 100 Palestinian fighters besieged in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin
- MARCH 27, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Military Tribunal sentenced in absentia the leader...
The Military Tribunal sentenced in absentia the leader of the former South Lebanon Army militia commander to death on charges of collaborating with Israel - a move which was seen as a way stop him receiving payments from the Lebanese government
- MARCH 19, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Ghassan Touma, former Lebanese Forces security chief,...
Ghassan Touma, former Lebanese Forces security chief, and Etienne Saqr, the leader of the Guardians of the Cedars militia, were both sentenced to death in absentia
- MARCH 2, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Despite some positive steps to protect human rights,...
Despite some positive steps to protect human rights, Lebanon is still plagued with violations and abuses by the authorities, according to an annual report by the Lebanon branch of the Nouveau Droits de l'Homme
- JANUARY 1, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence is carried out by hanging for civilians...
The death sentence is carried out by hanging for civilians and by firing squad for soldiers
- JANUARY 1, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Executions carried out by Lebanese Presidents: Beshara...
Executions carried out by Lebanese Presidents: Beshara Khoury (1943-1952) 19; Camille Chamoun(1952-1958) 6; Fuad Chehab (1958-1964) 4; Charles Helou (1964-1970) 0; Suleiman Franjieh (1970-1976) 4; Elias Sarkis (1976-1982) 0; Amin Gemayel (1982-1988) 1; El
- JANUARY 1, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Since independence on November 22, 1943, approximately...
Since independence on November 22, 1943, approximately 48 people have been executed in Lebanon
- JANUARY 1, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Since June 2000, the Military Tribunal has sentenced...
Since June 2000, the Military Tribunal has sentenced more than 3,000 people for collaborating with Israel to jail terms of up to 25 years
- JANUARY 1, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On july 26, 2001 the Lebanese Parliament voted unanimously...
On july 26, 2001 the Lebanese Parliament voted unanimously to repeal a law that made the death penalty mandatory for all premeditated murders
- DECEMBER 28, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Standing Military Court sentenced fugitives Kamal...
The Standing Military Court sentenced fugitives Kamal Ali al-Akhras and Imad Ali Murad to death in absentia for collaborating with Israel
- DECEMBER 7, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends"...
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends" in Lebanon's human rights record over the past decade, but remains concerned over the number of arbitrary arrests
- DECEMBER 7, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends"...
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends" in Lebanon's human rights record over the past decade, but remains concerned over the number of arbitrary arrests
- DECEMBER 1, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence is carried out by hanging for civilians...
The death sentence is carried out by hanging for civilians and by firing squad for soldiers
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Military Tribunal condemned to death in absentia...
The Military Tribunal condemned to death in absentia a Lebanese man convicted of collaborating with Israel during its occupation of the South
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Military Tribunal convicted 14 people of forming...
The Military Tribunal convicted 14 people of forming an espionage ring and carrying out assassinations for Israel
- OCTOBER 26, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court convicted Esbat al-Ansar leader...
The Criminal Court convicted Esbat al-Ansar leader Ahmed Abdel-Karim Saadi in absentia on charges of inciting a follower to carry out an assassination attempt
- OCTOBER 18, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The total number of former South Lebanon Army members...
The total number of former South Lebanon Army members sentenced to death in absentia rose to 54, after the Military Tribunal announced five new convictions
- OCTOBER 16, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Jordan helped Lebanon to foil terrorist plots on October...
Jordan helped Lebanon to foil terrorist plots on October 13 and 14 against the British, US, Jordanian and other embassies in Beirut, officials in Jordan said
- OCTOBER 10, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Since June 2000, the Military Tribunal has sentenced...
Since June 2000, the Military Tribunal has sentenced more than 3,000 people for collaborating with Israel to jail terms of up to 25 years
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Military Tribunal sentenced three men to death...
The Military Tribunal sentenced three men to death and three others to long jail terms for two separate murders
- AUGUST 8, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Anti-capital punishment activists praised the recent...
Anti-capital punishment activists praised the recent amendment of the death sentence "as a step in the right direction" but urged the government to abolish the practice entirely
- JULY 27, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International welcomed the Lebanese Parliament's...
Amnesty International welcomed the Lebanese Parliament's repeal of Law 302 which abolished judges' discretion to consider mitigating factors and made capital punishment mandatory for certain offences
- JULY 26, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
An opinion Poll of MPs' views on the death penalty...
An opinion Poll of MPs' views on the death penalty conducted jointly by the Movement for People's Rights and Parliament on 94 out of 128 MPs found that 90 percent oppose the death penalty, 39 percent support the immediate cancellation of the death sentenc
- JULY 26, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Lebanese Parliament voted unanimously to repeal...
The Lebanese Parliament voted unanimously to repeal a law that made the death penalty mandatory for all premeditated murders
- JUNE 25, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Parliament's Administration and Justice Committee approved...
Parliament's Administration and Justice Committee approved a draft law aimed at scrapping the death penalty for deliberate homicide