Court: Man at Kærshovedgård is undemocratic and dangerous

A 58-year-old man with Iraqi citizenship has failed in his latest attempt to have a security threat stamp removed by the Ministry of Justice.

Based on a report from the PET (Danish Security and Intelligence Service), the Ministry of Justice has assessed that the man continues to pose a threat to national security. This assessment was accepted Friday by three judges in the Copenhagen City Court. (Archive photo) (Photo: © Andrew Kelly, Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix)

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Ritzau ([email protected]) 54 min. ago

An Iraqi national who has lived on tolerated stay at the Kærshovedgård Detention Center for years remains a threat to national security.

This is confirmed by the Copenhagen City Court in a ruling Friday. Therefore, the 58-year-old man is not allowed to regain his residence permit.

Over the years, he has repeatedly tried to get the courts to overturn the Ministry of Justice’s assessment that he poses a threat.

But this time too, he is unsuccessful. The court finds that he continues to express anti-democratic views.

The man in question has a background in Turkmenistan, and as far back as 2009, he was administratively deported.

At the time, PET believed he was part of a network that had sent around 30 terrorists to Iraq, but he was never charged.

After that, he was placed on tolerated stay. Every day, he must report to the staff at the detention center.

During the open part of the trial in the city court, it emerged that rumors at Kærshovedgård suggest the 58-year-old Amer Saeed could lead a Scandinavian branch of al-Qaeda.

However, PET cannot confirm this. The service believes he lacks the capacity to lead such a network.

Read also: Suicide bombers in Iraq could threaten Denmark (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/selvmordsbombere-i-irak-kunne-true-danmark)

In 2009, PET believed he was part of a network that had sent around 30 terrorists to Iraq, but he was never charged. (Photo: © Mads Claus Rasmussen, Ritzau Scanpix)

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Contact with radicalized individuals

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In a similar case handled by the city court in 2019 and the High Court in 2020, emphasis was placed on Amer Saeed’s contacts with radicalized individuals.

Friday, three judges state that these activities and other circumstances mentioned by the Supreme Court in a ruling from 2011 are so serious that the man remains a threat to national security.

Even though these incidents occurred years ago.

In court, the man has been represented by lawyer Erbil Kaya.

In a closed part of the proceedings, another lawyer, Thomas Brædder, attempted to defend the man’s interests—but this lawyer was not allowed to inform the 58-year-old about the evidence presented.

In the earlier case in 2019, lawyer Gunnar Homann spoke on behalf of the man on tolerated stay.

“Such a threat assessment cannot be lifelong. It must eventually expire,” he said.

Friday’s decision will automatically be sent to the Eastern High Court unless the 58-year-old objects.

Read also: Police attempt to deport terror suspects (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/politi-forsoeger-eksportere-terrormistaenkte)

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