US EditionLebanese Militant Says 'Struggle' Helped Him Endure French Prison
LANNEMEZAN PRISON, SOUTHERN FRANCE, JUL 23 – Georges Abdallah is set to be released after four decades, exceeding France's usual life sentence duration of under 30 years, pending his return to Lebanon.
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France24Lebanese militant says 'struggle' helped him endure French prison
Sitting near a poster of Che Guevara inside his French prison cell before his release this week, pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah said the "struggle" kept him going during his…
The campaign to release Georges Abdallah confirms that there are no legal obstacles left, while Lebanon prepares a public reception after 41 years of his detention in France. The National Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah stated that there are no legal obstacles preventing the liberation of the Lebanese fighter, after more than four decades in detention [...] Entry Lebanon. They prepare massive reception to receive Georges Abdallah…
France: For four decades, Lebanese George Ibrahim Abdullah spent his days in a cell measuring 11 square metres, in which a red flag was painted with a painting of Che Guevara and posters in support of the Palestinian cause, and he is preparing to leave on Friday after the French judiciary ordered his release. On 17 July, the Court of Appeal issued a decision to release the 74-year-old activist.
Georges Abdallah was indicted and imprisoned in France in 1986 for counterfeit passports, possession of weapons and explosives, and membership in a criminal organization. Now a new sentence came into force to release him from prison on 25 July after more than 40 years. Abdallah was a member of the "Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Fractory (LARF), a guerrilla organization that participated in the Palestinian liberation struggles. The pro-Palestinian…
Free after more than 40 years in French prisons. The Paris Court of Appeal ordered the release of Lebanese Georges Abdallah, sentenced in 1987 for complicity in the murders of American and Israeli diplomats, and considered one of the country's oldest detainees.
A large red flag struck with a portrait of the Che, posters and stickers signs of the fight in favor of the Palestinian cause: Georges Ibrahim Abdallah must leave on Friday the decor of this cell of 11m2 where he spent the last of his forty years of detention in...
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