Qaradawi, son of the late cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi, to the UAE. Detained for critical comments against Gulf authorities, his extradition raises concerns over free expression. Amnesty International urges Lebanon to reject the extradition requests,

Amnesty International warns Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi could be at risk of human rights violations if extradited to UAE.

Lebanese judge Tarek Bitar resumed his investigation into the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast on Thursday, charging 10 people including security, customs and military personnel, a judicial official said.

Al-Qaradawi's legal troubles stem from a 2017 conviction in Egypt. Lebanese authorities interrogated him about this verdict and an extradition request from the UAE. His arrest followed a widely shared video where he criticised authorities in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt while walking around Damascus' Umayyad Mosque.

Qardawi, son of the late Muslim cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi, to the UAE. His detention followed his critical comments about regional authorities. Amnesty International calls the extradition a threat to freedom of expression and urges Lebanon to reconsider.

Lebanon will deport an Egyptian - Turkish activist and dissident who celebrated the ouster of Syria's Bashar al-Assad to the United Arab Emirates, rejecting appeals from human rights groups who advocated for his release.

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s cabinet voted Tuesday to deport to the United Arab Emirates an Egyptian activist and poet detained by Lebanese security forces after crossing the porous border from Syria last month.

The Lebanese government on January 8, 2025 unlawfully deported Abdulrahman Youssef al-Qardawi, an Egyptian-Turkish poet, to the United Arab Emirates

was detained in Lebanon on Dec. 28 after returning from Syria, according to his lawyer Mohammad Sablouh and human rights group Amnesty International. His arrest followed critical comments Qaradawi ...

Is Lebanon about to give in to UAE demands to extradite Egyptian poet Abdulrahman Yousef al-Qaradawi, even without proper legal grounds, asks Wael Kandil.

Qardawi, an Egyptian-Turkish poet, was detained in Lebanon on Dec. 28 after returning from Syria, according to his lawyer Mohammad Sablouh.

A bombshell new investigation from international human rights group UN Watch exposes the disturbing links between the UNRWA and Palestinian terror organizations. According to the report, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have not only infiltrated the $1.