UAE detains poet Abdul Rahman Al Qaradawi after extradition

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has taken Egyptian poet and dissident Abdul Rahman Yusuf Al Qaradawi into custody following his extradition from Lebanon.

Abdul Rahman is accused of involvement in activities designed to incite turmoil and threaten public security.

According



to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Thursday, January 9, the extradition was carried out “based on a request for temporary detention issued against him by the General Secretariat of the Arab Interior Ministers’ Council – Criminal Investigation and Data Bureau, at the request of the competent authorities in the UAE.”