22 July 2016

News Story: Australian authorities charge Kurdish journalist with links to terror group

SYDNEY, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Australian authorities has arrested a journalist charged with being a member of a Turkish terror group the Kurdistan Workers' Party.

The Australian government listed the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as a terrorist organization despite it was active in the fight against Islamic State in Syria. Turkish authorities also claimed the separatist PKK have mounted attacks inside Turkey.

Renas Lelikan, 38, was arrested on Sydney's northern beaches late Wednesday after the Australian Federal Police (AFP) allegedly found evidence linking him to the group.

At a bail hearing in a Sydney court on Thursday, an AFP police prosecutor said they had found over 2,000 emails with attached photos during the raids.

"A lot of the material is in Turkish and needs to be translated," said the prosecutor, who declined to be identified.

Read the full story at Xinhua