AN ALLEGED supporter of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) who is wanted in Turkey for a double murder cannot be extradited because he would not receive a fair trial, the High Court ruled today.
Ozgur Tanis is sought by the Turkish authorities for allegedly robbing people at gunpoint on a motorway in October 1997 and strangling two men with a rope in April 1999, when he is said to have been an “active member” of the PKK.
The 45-year-old, who lives in south London, says he has been falsely implicated. He said that he first came to Britain in late 1998 after he was tortured by anti-terror police in Turkey for participating in “separatist activities.”
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