Swedish Green Party' politicians denied entry to Iraqi Kurdistan on Turkish border!
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A group of five Swedish Green Party members consisting of Yvonne Ruwaida, previously spokeswoman Lotta Nilsson-Hedström, parliament candidates Jabar Amin and Ann-Margret Mossberg as well as the forieng policy specialist Jakob Denker were stopped at the border in Turkey as they wanted to enter Iraqi Kurdistan.
Here, you can read their own accounts of the incident and find relevant links to news in Turkish and Swedish press.
Turkiet bryter mot internationell rätt - Letter to Anna Lindh by Yvonne Ruwaida, Jabar Amin, Lotta N Hedström, Ann-Margret Mossberg, Jakob Denker
Militären har makten i Turkiet by Yvonne Ruwaida and Ann-Margret Mossberg
"Tänk att leva under ett sådant här system." - Daily notes by Ann-Margret Mossberg
"Turkiet är ingen rättsstat" - Notes by Lotta N Hedström
Swedish press:
- Anna Lindh ber Turkiet ompröva beslut DN, 14.08.2002)
- Anna Lindh ber Turkiet ompröva beslut (SvD, 14.08.2002)
- Lindh till miljö-partisternas räddning (AB, 14.08.2002)
- Miljöpartisters resedokument underkända (DN, 13.08.2002)
- Svenska politiker stoppade i Turkiet (AB, 12.08.2002 med en karta över Kurdistan!)
- Svenska politiker stoppade av turkisk militär (Expressen, 12.08.2002)
- Stoppade miljöpartister ger inte upp (SvD, 12.08.2002)
Turkish press:
- Ýsveç heyeti yasaða karþý dava açýyor (Hürriyet, 17.08.2002)
- Ýsveçli heyete Irak vizesi yok (Radikal, 14.08.2002)
- Ýsveç’le Kuzey Irak krizi (Milliyet, 14.08.2002)
- Ýsveç heyeti göz hapsinde (Yedinci Gündem, 13.08.2002)