Lebanon Becomes First Middle Eastern Country to Abolish Death Penalty

Lebanon has become the first country in the Middle East to abolish the death penalty.

This decision by Lebanon is drawing significant attention because capital punishment is still widely carried out across the Middle East.

According to Amnesty International, more than 2,000 executions were carried out in Iran and over 350 in Saudi Arabia last year.

Will other countries in the Middle East join the trend of abolishing the death penalty? How should South Korea, classified as a country with abolition in practice, view this change?

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