(ANSAmed) - BERGAMO, NOVEMBER 22 - Italian anti-terrorist
police yesterday arrested Turkish activist Bahar Kimyongur in
the northern city of Bergamo.
He was taken into custody on an international arrest warrant
issued by Turkey at the city airport while on his way to attend
conferences on the Middle East in the Italian cities of Monza
and Padova.
A member of the Prisoners' Families Solidarity Association
(TAYAD), Kimyongur collaborates with a network of left-wing
journalists led by Belgian writer Michel Collon.
In Belgium, he has been arrested and then acquitted on charges of belonging to the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP/C), which has carried out a number of assassinations and suicide bombings and is considered a terrorist group by Turkey. He was also arrested in Spain in June on an extradition request from Turkey, and was subsequently released on bail.
Kimyongur is an outspoken opponent of intervention in Syria, including Turkey's activities there. (ANSAmed).
In Belgium, he has been arrested and then acquitted on charges of belonging to the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP/C), which has carried out a number of assassinations and suicide bombings and is considered a terrorist group by Turkey. He was also arrested in Spain in June on an extradition request from Turkey, and was subsequently released on bail.
Kimyongur is an outspoken opponent of intervention in Syria, including Turkey's activities there. (ANSAmed).
