Danish T-shirt company convicted of supporting Palestinian terror group

The Danish High Court on Thursday convicted six Danish citizens of supporting terror, after they were found to have funnelled money from T-shirt and fragrance sales to the Palestinian terror group PFLP and the Colombian guerilla group FARC.

The employees were initially found not guilty in the District Court last year, but Thursday the High Court ruled to convict six of them of supporting terrorism, and sentenced two to six months in prison.

On the webpage of the Danish clothing company Fighters+Lovers it is possible to buy T-shirts with the logos of PFLP or FARC. Recently, they have also launched a fragrance called Ramallah Nights, which smells like 'the red earth and lively bazaars of Palestine'.

The proceeds from all sales on the website go directly to the two organizations, PFLP and FARC, which are both on the EU terror list.

Fighters+Lovers claim that the funds only support civil activities like printing presses and radio stations, and not to threaten the population or overthrow the Israeli or Colombian governments.

Five of the six judges on the High Court in Denmark disagreed and noted in the verdict that the PFLP and FARC are terrorist organizations, which seek to destabilize elected governments. Being that there have been many innocent victims of the groups' actions, supporting even their non-violent activities is illegal according to paragraph 114 of the Danish penal code.

Just before the verdict was read, spokesperson of Fighters+Lovers, Ulrik Kohl, said that the goal of the controversial T-shirts was to challenge the notion of 'terror'.

"We have done this to draw attention to the fact that fighting for your freedom is not terrorism, and that solidarity shouldn't be a crime," said Ulrik Kohl.

The defendant's lawyer, Thorkild Høyer, said they will try to appeal the verdict to either the Danish Supreme Court or the European Court of Human rights.