The activist Elin Ersson was acquitted this week by a court guilty of, because they had prevented a deportation flight. A refugee from Afghanistan in Germany, offered her to pay the fine.
Arif Talash is a refugee from Afghanistan. The 29-Year-old from Frankfurt advertises in Germany for more public understanding of the threatening security situation in his home country. The story of Elin Ersson moved him very, Talash in the DW-Interview.
Review: On 23. July 2018, the young Swede prevented the departure of a passenger plane from Gothenburg to Istanbul, as they believed, on Board an Afghan refugee to be deported seats. She refused to put persistent, so that the machine could not start. The action transferred the activist live in the social media. Your Argument: We should not deport refugees to Afghanistan. There prevails a danger to life.
Later it turned out that she had used for the wrong man. The man who actually sat on the plane, was previously convicted.
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Sweden: The Case Of Elin Ersson
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Sweden: The Case Of Elin Ersson
Guilt and punishment
Because of the action had to answer to the 22-Year-old at the beginning of the week before a Swedish court. The verdict: guilty. You did violate the aviation law, the judge. Your penalty is a fine of the equivalent of € 290.
Erssons fact has impressed the activists, Talash, obviously. He followed the story via social media. “I admire you very much,” he says Interview at the DW. “I would be willing to pay for Elin Ersson monetary penalty.” So he wanted to bring his gratitude and solidarity with Ersson.
However, it is not yet clear whether Ersson has to pay the fine at all. Her lawyer has announced an appeal.