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Kurdish-Swedish man arrested in Bulgaria
on Turkey's request
21.6.2013
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Photo: aftonbladet.se
June 21, 2013
STOCKHOLM,— According to Swedish media, a
Kurdish man from Sweden, Halef Tak has been arrested
in Bulgaria.
On Monday the 51-year-old Halef landed in Bulgaria
with his wife and three children to spend their
summer vacation there; they were instead met by
armed military police who arrested Halef.
According to the family, Halef Tak was politically
active in the Kurdish struggle in Turkey in the late
1980′s but because of persecution,www.ekurd.net
he and his family had to flee to Sweden in 1989.
Halef’s nephew, 22-year-old Mazlum Tak, said to the
Swedish paper:
"My uncle has not been able to travel to Turkey for
25 years for political reasons. They have told him
several times that if he gets caught, he risks 20
years in jail or life imprisonment."
He was at first not allowed to speak with his family
and the family couldn’t give him his medicine for
his heart. Yesterday he was allowed to meet with a
Swedish official in Bulgaria and he has also been
appointed a Bulgarian lawyer.
The family has not been informed on what is going to
happen now and is especially disappointed about the
lack of help from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
"We have not been told anything, neither from the
police down here or from Sweden. We are shocked that
we did not get any help, said Delil Tak."
According to a spokeswoman, the Swedish Ministry of
Foreign Affairs is following the case but does not
know if he will be handed over to Turkey.
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