Salah Abdeslam, Sole Survivor of 2015 Paris Attacks, Transferred Back to France

The transfer, deemed a violation of human rights by his lawyers, ends a legal dispute over where he should serve his life sentence.

Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the 2015 Paris attacks jihadist cell, has been transferred from Belgium to France to continue serving his life sentence.
Abdeslam was sentenced to life in jail in 2022 for his role in the Paris attacks that killed 130 people and the subsequent 2016 attacks in Brussels.
His transfer was delayed by a legal dispute over concerns it contravened the European Convention of Human Rights, specifically the right to family life.
Lawyers criticized the transfer as a violation of the rule of law, citing collusion between Belgian and French states and excessive detention conditions in France.
The Belgian federal prosecutor's office argued the transfer was legally irrevocable, stating that releasing Abdeslam was not an option.