The Swedish Attorney General has made a statement to the Supreme Court about two Turkish men who Turkey has demanded be extradited, reports The Express. According to the public prosecutor, they cannot be extradited, the newspaper writes.
Turkey has set a number of demands in order to approve Sweden’s application for membership in the defense alliance NATO. One of the demands is that Sweden must hand over about ten citizens that Turkey identifies as terrorists.
Sweden and Turkey met on October 5 to negotiate the application – and then Turkey repeated the demand for the extradition of a number of designated terrorists who had received protection in Sweden.
According to Expressen, the public prosecutor’s opinion applies to two of the people who were mentioned during the meeting. Both are accused by Turkey of colluding with the Gülen movement, which was blamed for the coup attempt in the summer of 2016.
The public prosecutor believes that the men have not committed a crime under Swedish law and that both risk persecution in their home country. The Attorney General also does not consider that court proceedings are necessary.