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| With NATO Membership in Mind, Sweden Hands over Turkish Man Convicted of Drug Offenses at Home |
| 2023-06-13 |
| [AAWSAT] The Swedish government decided Monday to extradite a Turkish citizen resident in Sweden who had been convicted in 2013 of drug crime in Türkiye. The move came as NATO-member Türkiye continued to hold up Sweden’s bid to join the military alliance. The man, who had served his prison sentence and was living in Sweden legally, claimed the real reason for his extradition was that he was active in a pro-Kurdish political party and supported a group Ankara considers to be terrorists. Sweden's Supreme Court said there were “no obstacles” to his extradition, and that the man was under investigation in Türkiye for posting online manipulated photos of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan which is punishable under Turkish laws. Read the rest at the link |
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