US EditionThe Paris Public Prosecutor's Office Has Decided to Appeal the Court of Cassation's Decision to Release Lebanese Activist George Ibrahim Abdallah.
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Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a 74-year-old pro-Palestinian Lebanese activist, is one of the oldest detainees in France. He is due to leave the centre of Lannemezan (Hautes-Pyrénées) on Friday 25 July after 40 years behind bars. He was serving a sentence since 1987, when he was convicted of complicity in the murder of Israeli and American diplomats in Paris. However, the decision of his release, validated on appeal, is contested by the Paris Public …
This remedy will not, however, prevent the pro-Palestinian Lebanese activist from leaving his French prison on Friday to return to Lebanon.
The Public Prosecutor in the appeal letter: The decision to release Georges Abdallah does not conform to judicial precedents regarding the conditional release of a life sentence
The Public Prosecutor in the appeal letter: The decision to release Georges Abdallah does not conform to judicial precedents regarding the conditional release of a life sentence
On Monday, 21 July, the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office challenged the release of the pro-Palestinian Lebanese activist, who is due to intervene on 25 July. The man will still be able to return to Lebanon, according to the Attorney General at the Paris Court of Appeal.
Paris Public Prosecutor's Office filed an appeal in cassation against the release of 74-year-old pro-Palestinian Lebanese activist Georges Abdallah and one of France's oldest detainees after 40 years in prison
After forty years of detention, the 74-year-old Lebanese activist, convicted of complicity in terrorist assassinations in 1987, whose release was ordered by the Court of Appeal last week, is due to be deported to Beirut on Friday.
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