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full screen Anna Johansson, Secretary General of Amnesty Sweden. Archive image. Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT
Swedish Amnesty criticizes the fact that the Swedish-Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali is not included in the prisoner exchange.
– His family is devastated, says Anna Johansson, Secretary General of Amnesty Sweden.
Anna Johansson says that Sweden has now played its absolute strongest card to get Ahmadreza Djalali released.
– Here one question remains for the Swedish government, how will it now act to ensure that he is also released and gets the opportunity to be reunited with his family back home in Sweden?
Anna Johansson says that it is of course gratifying that both Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi are on their way home and can be reunited with their families.
– But if it is the case that Ahmadreza Djalali is not part of this prisoner exchange, Amnesty Sweden is deeply critical of that.
Ahmadreza Djalali has been imprisoned for eight years and is sentenced to death.
The government has not been in contact with his family before the news about the prisoner exchange came, says Anna Johansson.
– They have not received any information about what has actually happened and what, if any, has led to the Swedish government making this assessment.