Egyptian activist al-Qaradawi’s family appeal to Lebanese PM for release

Al-Qaradawi’s household seeks Lebanese PM’s involution to forestall his deportation to Egypt, fearing risks to his life.

The household of Egyptian absorption activistic Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi has called connected Lebanese authorities to instantly merchandise him, arsenic fears turn that helium volition beryllium deported to Egypt, wherever helium is wanted by the law.

Al-Qaradawi’s household members issued a property merchandise connected Sunday saying that they had sent a missive to Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati asking him to intervene successful the lawsuit of the Egyptian writer and writer, who is besides a Turkish national and lives with his household successful Istanbul.

“As a family, we spot successful the contented of the Lebanese enactment and the dignified radical of Lebanon,” the property merchandise said. “Lebanon has ever been a awesome of the defence of freedoms, and we entreaty to the Lebanese premier minister, successful the sanction of justness and humanity, to intervene instantly to merchandise him and guarantee his harmless instrumentality to his household and 3 daughters who are waiting for him successful Istanbul.”

Al-Qaradawi, the lad of the precocious spiritual person of the Muslim Brotherhood Yusuf al-Qaradawi, was arrested connected December 28 owed to an Egyptian apprehension warrant, a Lebanese judicial authoritative quoted by the AFP quality bureau and the household said. He was detained astatine the Masnaa borderline crossing aft helium entered Lebanon from Syria.

Al-Qaradawi had been sentenced by an Egyptian tribunal successful absentia to 5 years successful situation connected charges of “opposing the authorities and inciting terrorism”, the authoritative said.

The household said the ruling was a effect to an nonfiction published by al-Qaradawi successful 2012, and warned that Lebanon would beryllium endangering al-Qaradawi’s beingness if it extradited him to Egypt.

“His extradition to immoderate state that demands him endangers his life, particularly considering the grounds of quality rights violations successful those countries,” the property merchandise issued connected behalf of al-Qaradawi’s household said.

Al-Qaradawi’s lawyer successful Lebanon, Mohammed Sablouh, had antecedently said that his lawsuit could beryllium tortured if helium was handed implicit to Egypt, which is accused by quality rights organisations specified arsenic Amnesty International of repressing governmental dissidents and committing crimes including torture “with impunity”.

Al-Qaradawi’s family’s missive is portion of a run urging his merchandise and instrumentality to Turkey.

The 53-year-old was a longtime hostile of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown successful the country’s 2011 revolution.

The activistic has besides go a vocal professional of Egypt’s existent leader, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who came to powerfulness aft a bloody coup successful 2013 against elected President Mohamed Morsi, who aboriginal died successful prison.