Swedish activist faces jail time for refugee protest

By Beyza Binnur Donmez</p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – A Swedish activist who protested the deportation of an Afghan refugee by refusing to take a seat before a plane took-off, faces two weeks in prison, authorities said Monday.</p> <p>According to statement by Gothenburg District Court, Elin Ersson, 21, was found guilty of breaking aviation law when she did not follow orders of a Turkish Airlines crew during a Gothenburg-Istanbul flight in July 2018.</p> <p>Prosecutors asked the judge to jail Ersson for 14 days and the decision is expected in two weeks.</p> <p>The flight from Goteborg Landvetter Airport in Sweden was delayed for two hours because of the protest.</p> <p>Ersson also made a Facebook live broadcast to show deporting Ismail Khawari was &quot;completely illegal&quot;.</p> <p>It revealed later that Ersson took the flight to stop the deportation of Khawari but ended up preventing the expulsion of another Afghan man who had a criminal record.</p> <p>