03/18/10

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The spokesman for Danish association Foreningen Opror has been sentenced by a district court to a suspended six-month prison term over allegations of supporting terrorism. The Copenhagen District Court declared that associations within Denmark cannot by law obtain funding or encourage others to financially support rebel terrorist groups such as the PFLP or FARC, and has handed down the suspended sentence against the Opror group’s spokesman, Patrick McManus, accordingly. Copenhagen Post: Terror accused found guilty of FARC support. VHeadline.com: Danish Anti-terror law imprisons Irish writer for supporting FARC and Venezuela's Bolivarian process. Colombia Reports: Danish FARC supporter jailed for 6 months. AWIP: PFLP salutes Danish comrades' challenge to "anti-terrorist" listings.

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