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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Sweden Blocks Extradition of Journalist Sought by Erdogan

This file photo taken on November 10, 2022 near Stockholm, Sweden, shows Bulent Kenes, a Turkish journalist who fled from his country to Sweden due to his criticism of the Turkish President Erdogan. (AFP)

Sweden's Supreme Court on Monday blocked the extradition of exiled Turkish journalist Bulent Kenes, a key demand by Ankara to ratify Stockholm's NATO membership. 

There were "several hindrances" to sending back the former editor-in-chief of the Zaman daily, who Türkiye accuses of being involved in a 2016 attempt to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the court said. 

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