Danish activists found guilty of financing terrorism

SIX Danish activists who sold T-shirts bearing the logos of two groups classified by the European Union as terrorist organisations have been found guilty of financing terrorism.

Denmark's supreme court ruled that the six - members of the Fighters+Lovers collective - were found to have contravened the country's anti-terrorism laws by selling T-shirts to help fund the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. They all received suspended jail sentences of two to six months.

The case, which has prompted Denmark's biggest debate over freedom of expression since the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad four years ago, began in January 2006, when Fighters+Lovers issued a collection of T-shirts under the slogan "Look great and stand up for freedom".

The shirts were sold on the internet for $31.50, with about $7.30 of the price going to support "humanitarian projects" carried out by the two organisations. But in February 2006 the defendants were arrested, the T-shirts seized and the group's bank account frozen before any money could reach the target groups.

The accused denied committing any crime, saying the EU "terrorism list" was undemocratic because it was drawn up secretly and according to unknown criteria. They said FARC and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were not terrorist groups but legitimate resistance movements comparable with Denmark's resistance fighters who took on the Nazis during World War II. The defendants are considering an appeal.

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Danish activists found guilty of financing terrorism

Danish activists found guilty of financing terrorism

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