Analysis: Prison overcrowding, amnesty disputes ... a ticking time bomb for Lebanon

Israel

BEIRUT, Lebanon , May 29 (UPI) -- Severe prison overcrowding, judicial backlogs, and selective justice resulting from political interference -- much of it linked to years of Syrian and Hezbollah influence -- have left Lebanon with a ticking bomb ready to explode, while sectarian disputes continue to delay a new general amnesty law. The amnesty draft law, repeatedly debated in parliament since its introduction in 2020, has been further delayed by fresh divisions that have continued since last

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