The Dutch state pays compensation to journalist Ans Boersma. That reports de Volkskrant. The former Turkey correspondent held the government liable for the damage suffered by her deportation from Turkey at the beginning of 2019. This happened on the basis of information from the Public Prosecution Service (OM), because she was the ex of the so-called bar jihadist who was under a terror investigation.
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The exact amount of the settlement will not be disclosed due to a confidentiality clause. The OM does not want to say anything about the content of the settlement. Boersma says she is satisfied with the amount.
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The journalist lost because of the deportation in January 2019 her work as a correspondent for among others Faithful on The Financial Times and received a six-year entry ban from Turkey. They held the state and the Public Prosecution Service liable for lost income as well as immaterial and reputational damage. “The chance that she will be able to return to Turkey and resume her work as a correspondent is nil due to this state of affairs,” said law firm Prakken d’Oliveira in October 2019.
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Ex boyfriend
Boersma is the ex of Aziz A from Syria. (34), suspected of being with his brother Fatah participation in a terrorist organization and stuck. Aziz was recognized as a member of Jabat al-Nusra during a meeting in debate center De Balie in Amsterdam. The Syrian was An informant of the intelligence service AIVD for over a year, reported News hour in May 2019. A. confirmed that during the lawsuit against him, in March 2021. In his opinion, the AIVD offered money in exchange for information from Syria.
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Aziz A. played a leading role with Jabhat al-Nusra, according to the OM and was also accused of co-perpetrating seventeen murders in Syria. The lawsuit is still ongoing.
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Al Qaeda
The jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra, now called differently, is usually linked to the terror group al-Qaeda. Several Dutch Syria travelers have joined that group in recent years. Jabhat al-Nusra is now known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and regularly comes into conflict in Syria with pro-Turkish fighting groups in the Afrin region. Boersma was still in that region in September 2018.
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