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French Court Orders Release of Lebanese Activist After 41 Years in Prison
FRANCE, JUL 16 – French court granted conditional release to Georges Abdallah after nearly 40 years, ordering his deportation to Lebanon amid U.S. opposition and ongoing political controversy.
- A French court has ordered the release of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah after 41 years in prison on the condition that he leaves France and never returns.
- Abdallah was sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the killings of two diplomats in the early 1980s.
- French prosecutors may appeal the ruling, but it is unlikely to stop Abdallah's release on July 25.
- His family and lawyer celebrated the decision, noting it is a significant judicial victory.
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Sentenced to perpetuity, the former pro-Palestinian militant Lebanese had been freed for more than 25 years. ...
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France court orders release of Lebanese militant after 40 years in jail
A French appeals court Thursday ordered the release of pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, imprisoned for 40 years for the 1982 killings of two foreign diplomats.
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French Court Backs Release of Lebanese Terrorist Jailed for US, Israeli Diplomat Murders
A French court on Thursday ruled in favor of releasing Lebanese terrorist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah from prison, after he served almost 40 years of a life sentence for attacks on US and Israeli diplomats in France. The Paris Appeals court agreed to Abdallah's release on July 25 on the condition he leaves France, a judicial source said. A second source familiar with the case said
After more than forty years behind bars in France, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah will finally be released.
The 74-year-old Lebanese had been sentenced to life imprisonment for participating in the murder of two diplomats. A Paris Court of Appeal now finds that he is no longer a danger.
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