Egyptian activist Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi was held because of an Egyptian arrest warrant, a Lebanese official mentioned.
A gaggle of attorneys and activists have referred to as for the instant launch of Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian opposition activist needed by Cairo who was detained by Lebanese authorities as he arrived from Syria on the Masnaa border crossing.
Al-Qaradawi, additionally a poet and the son of the late spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, was arrested over the weekend because of an Egyptian arrest warrant, a Lebanese judicial official mentioned.
The warrant was “primarily based on an Egyptian judiciary ruling” sentencing al-Qaradawi in absentia to 5 years of jail time on costs of “opposing the state and inciting terrorism”, the official mentioned.
Al-Qaradawi’s lawyer, Mohammed Sablouh, referred to as on Sunday for Lebanese authorities to permit his consumer to talk to his household.
“[We want to] set up that this individual [al-Qaradawi] could also be tortured in his nation [Egypt], in an try to cease him from being handed over and returned,” he mentioned.
Sablouh added that al-Qaradawi has Turkish citizenship, and requested for him to be allowed to journey to Turkey.
Al-Qaradawi’s father was the outstanding Sunni scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the religious chief of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is outlawed in Egypt.
The late scholar was imprisoned a number of occasions in Egypt because of his hyperlinks to the Muslim Brotherhood earlier than he died in 2022 whereas in exile.
Lebanese authorities “will ask the Egyptian authorities” to switch Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi’s file for examination, the judicial official mentioned, requesting anonymity because of not being authorised to talk to the media.
The judiciary will make a advice on whether or not “the situations are met for him to be extradited” and the matter can be referred to the Lebanese authorities, which should make the ultimate resolution, the official added.
The marketing campaign launched by activists goals to stress Lebanese authorities and urge them to respect worldwide legal guidelines associated to the safety of political dissidents and to stop their extradition to nations which will pose a menace to their lives.
Al-Qaradawi, 53, was a political organiser towards the regime of longtime Egyptian chief Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled in 2011 within the Arab Spring rebellion.
He later grew to become a vocal opponent of present Egyptian chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who in 2013 overthrew elected president Mohamed Morsi.
Rights teams say Egyptian authorities have detained tens of hundreds of individuals as political prisoners.
