The United Arab Emirates has taken into custody defendant Abdul Rahman Al-Qaradawi from the Lebanese authorities pursuant to a provisional arrest warrant issued against him by the General Secretariat

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s cabinet voted Tuesday to deport to the United Arab Emirates an Egyptian activist and poet detained by Lebanese security forces after crossing the porous border from Syria last month.

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,