“Terrorist” t-shirt makers acquitted

Seven Danes who sold t-shirts with the logos of rebel groups like Colombia’s FARC were acquitted of terrorism charges. The accused are members of an activist group- Fighters + Lovers- who sold their shirts online for roughly $30 and had pledged to donate about $5 per shirt to “humanitarian projects” run by groups like the FARC and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

In their ruling, a slim majority of the magistrates agreed with the defense:

A panel of judges in Copenhagen's City Court voted 2-1 that although FARC and PLFP were engaged in murders and kidnappings, their actions were not meant to intimidate the population or destroy the local political and economic systems, and therefore were not guilty of terrorism.

Both groups are classified as terrorist by the United States and the European Union.

According to the Guardian UK, prosecutors are expected to appeal the verdict though one of the defendants said that he would try to “retrieve” t-shirt proceeds confiscated by the Danish police.

Image- Guardian UK

Sources- Guardian UK, BBC News, Reuters, Fighters + Lovers