Published 19 December 2022 at 13.24
Domestic. In a case where Turkey requested its own citizen extradited as co-responsible for the attempted coup in the country in 2016, the Supreme Court is now stopping it, despite Turkey making it clear that it can prevent Sweden from being admitted to NATO.
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– It it is clear that in this case there are several obstacles to extradition. It applies that the requirement of double criminality is not met with regard to the one criminal suspicion, says the Minister of Justice Petter Asp, who is one of the judges who participated in the decision, in a press release.
– It is also a question of political crimes. And there is also a risk of persecution based on this person's political views. Extradition cannot therefore take place, he says further.
The person was considered to have been part of the so-called Gülen movement. The crimes on which the extradition petition is based concern partly that the person is suspected of participation in the coup attempt in Turkey in 2016, partly that he is suspected of having been part of the organization itself.
The Supreme Court has now given its opinion to the government in the matter.
With regard to the suspicion that the person was involved in the Gülen movement, the Supreme Court considers that obstacles to extradition already exist on the basis that the acts he is alleged to have committed are not criminalized in Sweden. The suspicion of complicity in the coup attempt, on the other hand, corresponds to a suspicion of aiding and abetting a rebellion, which is a crime that exists in Sweden.
The court further considers that there are obstacles to extradition because it is a question of so-called political crimes, i.e. . crimes which are directed against the state and which are political in nature.
With reference to the fact that the person was previously granted refugee status in Sweden due to the risk of persecution due to his political views, the court also considers that obstacles exist according to Section 7 of the Extradition Act.
That section aims, among other things, at the risk of persecution based on the person's political views.
The Supreme Court's opinion means that the government – which ultimately has to decide on the matter – does not have the possibility to grant the extradition petition.