A poster for the abolition of the death penalty. (Credit: Wolfram Steinberg/AFP/DPA)
“Lebanon is ready to abolish the death penalty,” says Ogarit Younan, founder of the national campaign to end capital punishment in Lebanon.Younan, sociologist and founder of the Lebanese Association for Civil Rights (LACR), is behind a draft law submitted to Parliament on Oct. 7 to abolish the death penalty.The bill, signed by seven MPs — Halima Kaakour, Faysal Sayegh, Georges Okaiss, Paula Yacoubian, Elias Hankash, Oussama Saad and Michel Moussa — is scheduled to be sent to the government for an advisory opinion at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting.“That opinion, however, carries no immediate legal effect,” said Rafik Zachariah, a lawyer with LACR. For the proposal to become law, Parliament must debate and vote on it in a plenary session.Despite claims circulating online, the choice of Thursday’s date is “coincidental” and “unrelated” to the...
“Lebanon is ready to abolish the death penalty,” says Ogarit Younan, founder of the national campaign to end capital punishment in Lebanon.Younan, sociologist and founder of the Lebanese Association for Civil Rights (LACR), is behind a draft law submitted to Parliament on Oct. 7 to abolish the death penalty.The bill, signed by seven MPs — Halima Kaakour, Faysal Sayegh, Georges Okaiss, Paula Yacoubian, Elias Hankash, Oussama Saad and Michel Moussa — is scheduled to be sent to the government for an advisory opinion at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting.“That opinion, however, carries no immediate legal effect,” said Rafik Zachariah, a lawyer with LACR. For the proposal to become law, Parliament must debate and vote on it in a plenary session.Despite claims circulating online, the choice of Thursday’s date is “coincidental” and...
