(AFP) Hundreds of people protested in Stockholm on Sunday against new anti-terror legislation that was passed to address Turkey’s opposition to Sweden joining NATO.
The demonstration was organised by groups close to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), outlawed by Turkey, which this week warned against “terrorists” being allowed to demonstrate in Sweden.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has so far blocked Sweden’s NATO membership, accusing Stockholm of being a haven for the Kurdish activists.
To address his concerns, Sweden passed a new law that criminalises “participation in a terrorist organisation.”
“They are after the Kurds in Sweden,” Tomas Pettersson, spokesperson for the Alliance Against NATO, told AFP at the protest, titled “No to NATO, No Erdogan Laws in Sweden.”
