Ibrahim Najjar : le Liban a aboli la peine de mort apres vingt-deux ans sans execution
Le ministre de la Justice libanais evoque dans un entretien a France 24 le long combat mene pour parvenir a cette abolition.
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Le Liban a aboli la peine de mort, mettant fin a un debat qui aura dure plusieurs decennies dans le pays, apres vingt-deux ans sans execution.
Dans un entretien accorde a France 24, le ministre de la Justice Ibrahim Najjar, artisan de longue date de ce combat, est revenu sur le chemin parcouru pour parvenir a cette decision, qu'il a qualifiee de "miracle" au regard d'un consensus longtemps juge impossible a atteindre.
Najjar a evoque son refus personnel, en tant que ministre, de signer des ordres d'execution, une position qui refletait l'evolution progressive de l'opinion et des institutions libanaises sur la question de la peine capitale.
Le ministre a egalement aborde les defis qui se posent desormais au pays apres l'abolition, sans que les details precis de ces defis n'aient ete developpes dans l'extrait de l'entretien.
Le Liban rejoint ainsi la liste des pays ayant formellement renonce a la peine de mort, une evolution saluee par les defenseurs des droits humains sur la scene internationale.
Sources
- Ibrahim Najjar : "Le Liban doit être fier d’avoir eu le courage d’abolir la peine de mort" — France 24 — Français
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