George Abdallah: Exposing the Farce of French Justice
It is an open secret that radical rebel George Abdallah, largely
ignored by western media, was illegally sentenced to life in prison close to
three decades ago. But French authorities continue to insist on keeping him
behind bars, even after he has completed his prison term.
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| Immediate Liberation For George Abdallah |
Paris – French authorities are insisting on keeping an ex-fighter
in the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions (LARF) in prison, despite the fact
that 28 years have passed since he was first detained.
This is a major breach of French legal procedures and the European
Convention on Human Rights, which states that prisoners serving a life sentence
must be released after serving a maximum of 18 years.
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, who began his struggle as a member of
the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) and the Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), before joining the LARF, was arrested in Lyon
on October 1984.
At the time, the LARF was accused of a number of high profile
commando operations, the most prominent of which were the assassination of the
American military attache in Paris, Charles Robert Ray (18 January 1982) and
the Israeli diplomat, Ya’acov Bar-Simantov (3 April 1982).
This article is an edited translation from the Arabic Edition
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