LEBANON: MINISTER OF JUSTICE, 'THE DEATH PENALTY MUST BE DELETED’

June 22, 2016: Minister of Justice Ashraf Rifi, taking part in the 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Oslo, Norway, stressed that this penalty was not a deterrent to crime. "The death penalty must be deleted from the Lebanese law in accordance with modern laws and in line with the international will to cancel this sanction," Rifi said. "The diligence of Lebanese courts shows that they are going to decrease the death penalty and replace it with that of hard labour for life," he added. (Sources: nna-leb.gov.lb, 22/06/2016)