THE Sweden announced that it will issue to Turkeya 35-year-old man who has been arrested and convicted of drug trafficking because he is seen as a Kurdish supporter PKKdesignated a terrorist organization by Erdogan.
“The government has decided to extradite a 35-year-old Turkish citizen from Sweden,” he told AFP. Ashraf Ahmedan official at the Swedish Ministry of Justice.
The 35-year-old citizen in question claims he is being targeted by the Turkish government for his support for the PKK. Once the Turkish Ministry of Justice is notified, the Swedish government will have four weeks to extradite the man.
This 35 year old He was sentenced to over four years in prison in Turkey 2014 for carrying a bag containing cannabis, according to a Swedish Supreme Court ruling that gave the go-ahead for his extradition in early June.
After paroled, moved to Sweden, but was arrested in August at the request of Turkish prosecutors, requiring him to serve the remainder of his sentence. He claims he is a target of the Turkish authorities because of his support for the PKK.
It is noted that Turkey has been blocking Sweden’s accession to NATO for thirteen months, accusing it of its leniency towards the Kurdish fighters it hosts on its territory. Ankara is seeking the extradition of dozens of activists residing on Swedish soil, whom it describes as “terrorists”.
A request impossible to satisfy according to the Swedish government, as independent courts have the final say in these cases.
Source: News Beast
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