"Sweden Takes Action: Jails Kurd for Financing Terrorism Amidst Turkey's Call for Crackdown"

A Swedish court has sentenced a Kurdish man to four-and-a-half years in jail for attempting to finance terrorism, marking the first time Sweden's updated terror laws have been used in a case involving the Kurdish militant PKK. Turkey has long called on Sweden to crack down on Kurdish separatists, and the timing of the verdict, coinciding with Sweden's bid to join Nato, has raised speculation that it sends a message to Ankara. The 41-year-old Kurdish man, who has Turkish origins, will be deported after serving his sentence. Sweden recently toughened its anti-terrorism laws to outlaw arranging meetings to provide financial or other aid for banned groups.