Pro-Palestinian convict freed after 40 years

Hugh Schofield

Paris correspondent

AFP Georges Abdallah, a grey-haired 74-year-old with grey moustache and beard, sits in his prison cell in a red shirtAFP

Georges Abdallah will be released on Friday after 40 years behind bars

Georges Abdallah, a 74-year-old Lebanese teacher who became a left-wing symbol for the Palestinian cause, has been freed by France on Friday after 41 years in jail.

Described by his lawyer as…

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