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Paris Appeals Court Orders Georges Abdallah’s Release After Over 40 Years in Custody

The ruling deems his prolonged detention excessive, prompting immediate deportation to Lebanon on July 25.

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Der seit 40 Jahren in Frankreich wegen eines tödlichen Anschlags auf zwei Diplomaten aus den USA und Israel inhaftierte Georges Abdallah soll freikommen. Ein Berufungsgericht in Paris ordnete die Freilassung des gebürtigen Libanesen an.
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Eine Frau mit Palästinensertuch trägt ein Schild mit der Aufschrift "Liberons Geroges Abdallah"

Overview

  • On July 17, the Paris appeals court declared Georges Abdallah’s continued detention disproportionate and scheduled his release for July 25.
  • Judges determined he no longer poses a public danger and that his sentence exceeds the severity of his conviction for the 1982 killings of a U.S. and an Israeli diplomat.
  • He will be flown directly to Lebanon upon release, ending more than 40 years of imprisonment in French jails.
  • U.S. authorities, who joined as civil plaintiffs in his original trial, have criticized the decision but cannot legally halt his freedom.
  • Abdallah, a co-founder of the leftist FARL group, has always denied culpability and earned backing from left-wing and Palestinian solidarity movements that have long branded him a political prisoner.