By Al Mayadeen English
Jul 22, 2025
Lebanese activist Georges Abdallah’s lawyer confirmed to Al Mayadeen that appealing the release order will not prevent him from being released on July 25.
The defense attorney for Lebanese activist Georges Abdallah told Al Mayadeen on Monday evening that the Paris Public Prosecutor’s appeal will not impact Abdallah’s scheduled release on June 25.
This statement followed the prosecutor’s decision to challenge the Court of Cassation’s ruling, which had approved Abdallah’s release.
Just days earlier, on July 17, France’s Ministry of Justice announced that Abdallah, detained for over four decades, would be freed after 41 years in French prisons.
Lebanese activist Georges Abdallah, whose release was approved by a French court on Thursday, attributed the decision to the persistent mobilization of his supporters, calling it a decisive factor in the outcome.
Speaking from his cell at Lannemezan Prison in southern France, during a visit by far-left MP Andrée Taurinya and in the presence of Agence France-Presse, Abdallah said,
“If they agreed to release me, it’s because of the growing mobilization behind the cause.”
Abdallah, 74, an outspoken supporter of the Palestinian cause, spoke from a cell adorned with a photo of Che Guevara and posters backing Palestine. He emphasized that it was not the length of his imprisonment that influenced the court’s decision.
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