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
- MAY 24, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of cars jammed the border crossing between...
Hundreds of cars jammed the border crossing between Lebanon and Israel
- MAY 16, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Malek Hussein al-Ahmadieh received a Military Court...
Malek Hussein al-Ahmadieh received a Military Court death sentence for murdering his sister
- MAY 14, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
South Lebanese Army (SLA) leader General Antoine Lahad...
South Lebanese Army (SLA) leader General Antoine Lahad called on Lebanese President Emile Lahoud to issue a blanket amnesty for all SLA militiamen and whoever else the Beirut government might consider a collaborator with Israel
- MAY 3, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Two Syrians were sentenced to death in absentia for...
Two Syrians were sentenced to death in absentia for killing a man and his son in Metn in 1999
- APRIL 23, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Sultan Abu Ennein, commander of the Palestinian Fatah...
Sultan Abu Ennein, commander of the Palestinian Fatah forces in Lebanon, was sentenced to death
- APRIL 19, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Three brothers and their father were sentenced to death...
Three brothers and their father were sentenced to death in absentia for killing a man near Baalbek last year
- MARCH 23, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Judge Ahmad Moualem rejected a death sentence appeal...
Judge Ahmad Moualem rejected a death sentence appeal from 25-year-old Mohammed Abdul Halim Abbarah, who was convicted of the 1996 murder of Walid Jbaili in the Chouf
- MARCH 21, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Beirut MP Hussein Yatim, accused Hoss of "violating...
Beirut MP Hussein Yatim, accused Hoss of "violating the Constitution by conceding one of his prerogatives to his deputy" and urged Hoss to "prepare a bill that annuls capital punishment if he wants to be in harmony with his beliefs
- MARCH 20, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The head of Parliament's Finance and Budget Committee,...
The head of Parliament's Finance and Budget Committee, Zahle MP Khalil Hrawi, said that "There is no constitutional violation in this case
- MARCH 19, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Salim Hoss refused to sign a judiciary...
Prime Minister Salim Hoss refused to sign a judiciary decree ordering the death sentence for two convicted criminals, Fadi Ahmad Mur`ish and Mahmud Ahmad Husayn, because of his strong opposition to the death penalty
- MARCH 19, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Legal experts expressed different points of view over...
Legal experts expressed different points of view over whether Salim Hoss could be impeached for letting Michel Murr sign authorizations for death sentences
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The government rejected Japan's request to extradite...
The government rejected Japan's request to extradite five Japanese Red Army members for trial on terrorism charges, where they could face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 10, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Ali Mohammed Qaddour, 22, was sentenced to death by...
Ali Mohammed Qaddour, 22, was sentenced to death by Tripoli's Criminal Court after he was found guilty of killing and raping the 8-year-old son of his employer in Tripoli
- JANUARY 28, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Permanent Military Court, chaired by Staff Brigadier-General...
The Permanent Military Court, chaired by Staff Brigadier-General Mahir Safiy al-Din issued a verdict of execution for Husayn Ulayyan, Chief Warrant Officer in the Lebanese army, for contacting the Israeli enemy and its agents and revealing security and mi
- JANUARY 18, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese and Brazilian negotiators concluded two draft...
Lebanese and Brazilian negotiators concluded two draft agreements to facilitate the extradition of fugitives and improve judicial cooperation between the two countries
- JANUARY 15, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Ali Khalil, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee...
Ali Khalil, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee at the Lebanese parliament, contacted the Egyptian Ambassador Adel al-Khudari to express his appreciation for Egypt's intervention in the case of two Lebanese nationals sentenced to death in the Cong
- JANUARY 1, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Laws in the Lebanese Penal Code are based on the first...
Laws in the Lebanese Penal Code are based on the first Ottoman Penal Code of 1840
- DECEMBER 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
In December, 5 members of the Japanese Red Army, who...
In December, 5 members of the Japanese Red Army, who are in prison for forging residency permits and for illegal residence in Lebanon, are wanted by the Japanese government on terrorism charges and could face death sentences if extradited to Japan
- NOVEMBER 26, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On November 26, the Lebanese army detained two Fatah...
On November 26, the Lebanese army detained two Fatah officials at the entrance to the Rashidiyah Camp near Tyre in South Lebanon
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, Assem Safieddine, the Southern Lebanon...
On November 4, Assem Safieddine, the Southern Lebanon and Nabatieh chief investigating magistrate, asked that Jamal Deeb Amin, 39, be given the death penalty for brutally murdering his 17-year-old daughter, Wafa Amin, on October 13 with a butcher's knife
- NOVEMBER 2, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On November 2, Palestinian Arab League envoy Muhammad...
On November 2, Palestinian Arab League envoy Muhammad Subayh said that the Palestinian leadership officially requested the Arab League to intercede with the Lebanese government to revoke the death sentence against Sultan Abu al-Aynayn, Fatah representativ
- OCTOBER 27, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On October 27, a military court issued the death sentence...
On October 27, a military court issued the death sentence in absentia against Abu al-Aynayn the senior leader of Arafat's Fatah faction who has lived in Lebanon for many years
- OCTOBER 11, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On October 11, Fouad Hussein Rabab and Hatem Mohammed...
On October 11, Fouad Hussein Rabab and Hatem Mohammed Jaber were officially charged with killing Raymond Khattar in July
- SEPTEMBER 13, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On September 13, Military Tribunal Judge Rashid Mezher...
On September 13, Military Tribunal Judge Rashid Mezher asked that Army First Adj
- AUGUST 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
It was reported in August that a recent study on crime...
It was reported in August that a recent study on crime shows that sentences issued between 1994 and 1998 in 16 cases of murder included one acquittal, 4 one-year prison sentences, 4 sentences of less than 5 years in prison, 3 jail sentences of less than 1
- JULY 25, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On July 25, more than 300 people staged a sit-in to...
On July 25, more than 300 people staged a sit-in to protest the rape of 5-year-old Maymouna Mahmoud Alameddine in Minyeh-Dinnieh, demanding that the rapist be executed
- JULY 22, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanon signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Lebanon signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JULY 13, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On July 13, Tripoli's Criminal Court postponed the...
On July 13, Tripoli's Criminal Court postponed the trial of Ali Qaddour, 22, a man accused of raping and murdering an 8-year-old boy, Ahmad Mohammed Sidawi, in May and dumping his body in the sea, until the judiciary's vacation ended in October
- JUNE 3, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
In June, 3 former Christian militiamen were sentenced...
In June, 3 former Christian militiamen were sentenced to death in absentia, and their notorious leader Samir Geagea to life imprisonment, for killing Sunni Muslim prime minister Rashid Karami in 1987
- MAY 30, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On May 30, the Permanent Military Court, headed by Brig
On May 30, the Permanent Military Court, headed by Brig