The parliament of Sweden approved a reform that seeks to strengthen the laws against terrorism, increasing prison sentences and expanding the crimes that can be considered – for example – as collaboration with terrorist groups, in an attempt to bring positions closer to Turkey so that Ankara approves finally its entry into NATO.
The new legislation now considers illegal any type of aid, promotion or recruitment activities carried out with terrorist groups, as well as traveling to another country to join a group (a clear allusion to PKK militants), and provides for up to 4 years in prison – extendable to 8 in the most serious cases – for those who promote or support extremist groups, and introduces permanent prison terms (which means at least 25 years in Sweden) for the leaders of terrorist organizations; even actions like cooking, carrying out transport activities, or organizing meetings for these groups, are now considered a crime under Swedish law.
The Swedish Minister of Justice, Gunnar Strommer, stressed that the new legislation represents “a considerable expansion of the crime of terrorism compared to current laws.”
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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