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I think that I can actually share some real #BREAKING news here. The Swedish Supreme Court has for the first time given green light to the extradition of a (self-described) Kurdish PKK supporter to 🇹🇷. This case was different than past ones as he is convicted of a drug crime.+
Turkish authorities have vowed that there are no plans to charge him with any terrorist crimes & have merely requested that he return to serve the remainder of his drug sentence (he was released early from a Turkish prison in 2014): 2 years and 7 months.+
The Supreme Court did not appear fully convinced that the person's political activities were not just a creation after the fact & did not find that he risks persecution. Hence they found no obstacle to extradition according to §7 in the Law on Extradition (1957:668). +
All eyes will now be on whether courts in 🇹🇷 live up to vows not to charge him with new crimes and on how he is treated.
In a separate case, a 🇸🇪 prosecutor is on Friday expected to announce charges against a man suspected of terror financing & extortion on behalf of the PKK.+
In a separate case, a 🇸🇪 prosecutor is on Friday expected to announce charges against a man suspected of terror financing & extortion on behalf of the PKK.+
Taken together, I would expect these two cases to have a big impact on the Swedish attempts to convince Ankara that it means business when it comes to getting tough on the PKK & that it is living up to its commitments in the Madrid memorandum.+
🇹🇷 has demanded concrete results, not just new laws. The expected charges on Friday are very concrete, & 🇹🇷 can now also point to extraditions.
I have uploaded the verdict (in Swedish) here: orange-devinne-56.tiiny.site
(Full disclosure: I served as an expert witness in the trial.)
I have uploaded the verdict (in Swedish) here: orange-devinne-56.tiiny.site
(Full disclosure: I served as an expert witness in the trial.)
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