A high-level United Arab Emirates delegation was in Lebanon on Monday to make arrangements for the reopening of the Gulf Arab state's embassy in Beirut after more than three years, state news agency WAM reported.

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,

Twenty-eight Egyptian, Arab, and international human rights NGOs have issued a joint statement expressing “deep concern” over the fate of Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian-Turkish poet who disappeared last Wednesday after being extradited from Lebanon to the United Arab Emirates.

CAIRO - Lebanon is set to extradite the son of late senior Muslim cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi to the United Arab Emirates ... and human rights group Amnesty International. His arrest followed ...

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s cabinet voted Tuesday to deport to the United Arab Emirates an Egyptian ... absentia to five years in prison. Amnesty International said in a statement Tuesday ...

“Criticizing the authorities is not a crime. If returned to Egypt Abdul Rahman Al-Qaradawi would be at real risk of enforced disappearance , torture and other ill-treatment, and unfair trial leading to prolonged unjust imprisonment, he would also be at risk of arbitrary detention and other human rights violations if he is returned to the UAE.

The UAE's embassy in Lebanon was closed in 2021 after Abu Dhabi aligned itself with Saudi Arabia, following a diplomatic spat between Beirut and Riyadh.

Lebanon is set to extradite the son of late senior Muslim cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi to the United Arab Emirates after the country's caretaker cabinet approved the move on Tuesday, the Lebanese prime minister's office said.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s cabinet voted Tuesday to deport to the United Arab Emirates an Egyptian ... in absentia to five years in prison. Amnesty International said in a statement Tuesday ...