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Refugee writer Bisan Edwan allowed to stay in Lund

Lund Municipality is backing down and is not canceling its collaboration with Palestinian sanctuary writer Bisan Edwan.

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The author granted sanctuary, who in a number of posts on social media expressed support for the terrorist attack against Israel on October 7, 2023, will thus be able to keep his title, his scholarship and his apartment in Lund, writes Sydsvenskan.

The leading politicians in Lund's Culture and Leisure Committee reached the decision after seeking help from external legal expertise.

According to the committee's chairman, Sebastian Jaktling (S), there is a "considerable risk" that the municipality would otherwise violate the so-called prohibition on reprisals.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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