Norwegian Justice Approves Extradition of Migrant Defender to Greece

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Tommy Olsen, director of the NGO Aegean Boat Report, was arrested by the Norwegian police following a European arrest warrant issued by Greece, which accused him of smuggling migrants. For human rights defenders, this arrest is part of a criminalization of humanitarian aid in Greece.

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Update March 17 | Tommy Olsen was arrested yesterday in Norway. The Greek authorities had issued an arrest warrant because he was providing assistance to refugees. This week's issue of De Groene features this profile of Olsen by Romy van Baarsen, who visited him at his home in Tromsø.

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Frp believes that activists are not "above the law", while SV and Rødt demand that the Minister of Justice intervene before Tromsø resident Tommy Olsen is extradited to Greece.

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Norwegian Tommy Olsen, founder of the NGO Aegean Boat Report, was arrested on Monday, March 16, at his home in Tromsø, following an international arrest warrant issued by the Greek authorities, following prosecution for human trafficking and participation in a criminal organization, as part of the Mitsotakis government’s barrage of persecution against humanitarians working on the rights of asylum seekers. The Tromsø court decided to extradite hi…