Executions Resume After 5-Year Hiatus
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Lebanon resumed executions after a five-year pause, putting to death three convicted killers despite objections by human rights groups and the European Union.
All three were put to death at Roumieh prison in Beirut, the country’s main penitentiary, after President Emile Lahoud rejected appeals for clemency.
Capital punishment is common in the region, but Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Salim Hoss opposed the death penalty. Executions must be approved by the president, prime minister and justice minister.
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