Sweden charges man suspected of financing outlawed Kurdish group
Al JazeeraA Turkish citizen is charged in Sweden for gun crimes and raising money for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. Swedish prosecutors have charged a Turkish citizen for gun crimes and raising money for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which took up arms against the Turkish state in 1984. Friday’s case has come at a sensitive time in Sweden’s relations with Turkey, which is holding up its application for NATO membership, in part because it has said Sweden harbours supporters of armed groups it considers to be “terrorists”. Sweden’s prosecution authority said it was the first time anyone had been charged in the country with attempting to provide financing to the PKK, designated “a terrorist organisation” by Turkey, the European Union and the United States. “The investigation has given support for suspicions that the man was acting on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party,” the prosecution authority said in a statement.
History of this topic
With NATO membership in mind, Sweden hands over Turkish man convicted of drug offenses at home
Associated Press
NATO hopeful Sweden charges man with attempting to extort money for group outlawed in Turkey
Associated Press
Swedish court: Man wanted by Turkey cannot be extradited
Associated Press
Swedish court: Man wanted by Turkey cannot be extradited
The Independent
Turkey detains former Kurdish party officials for PKK links
Associated PressDiscover Related
)
)
)
)
