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Lebanon to demand France release revolutionary figure George Abdallah

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  • 15 Jun 2024 00:26
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The Lebanese Cabinet has decided to demand that French authorities release Lebanese revolutionary figure Georges Abdallah, who has completed his sentence in French prisons and whose continued detention is deemed illegal.

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  • A supporter of Lebanese Georges Ibrahim Abdullah holds up his portrait with Arabic word read: 'I am Georges Abdullah,' during a protest at the French embassy, in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP)
    A supporter of Lebanese Georges Ibrahim Abdallah holds up his portrait with Arabic word read: 'I am Georges Abdullah,' during a protest at the French embassy, in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 27, 2012 (AP)

During today's Cabinet meeting, the Lebanese minister of culture in the caretaker government, Judge Mohammad Wissam al-Mortada, called on French authorities to release Lebanese revolutionary figure and political prisoner Georges Abdallah, who has completed his sentence in French prisons and whose continued detention is deemed illegal.

Minister al-Mortada's request followed a demand from French authorities, through Lebanon's Ministry of Justice, for the extradition of a French-Algerian citizen to stand trial in France.

The request by the culture minister was supported and subsequently approved by the Cabinet which then decided to direct the minister of justice to take the necessary steps to secure Abdallah's release and facilitate his return to Lebanon.

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Abdallah completed the minimum portion of his life sentence in 1999, but French authorities denied his eight parole requests. The judiciary agreed several times to these requests, given that the French Interior Ministry planned on deporting him, but that decision was never taken.

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