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.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Lebanon is set to extradite the son of late senior Muslim cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi to the United Arab Emirates, the Lebanese prime minister's office said on Tuesday.

Amnesty International warns Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi could be at risk of human rights violations if extradited to UAE.

The Lebanese government said Tuesday it has decided to grant an Emirati request to hand over Egyptian opposition activist Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi, son of the late spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.

“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.

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.