Danish prosecutors have charged a Kurdish-language TV station with promoting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which is considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the US and the European Union.
Top prosecutor Joergen Steen Soerensen said that the Danish Roj-TV has "persistently" aired shows with interviews of PKK members and supporters but also about skirmishes between Kurdish guerillas and Turkish forces.
The station's content was "aimed at promoting and supporting the activities of the terrorist organisation PKK" and its political wing Kongra-Gel, Mr Soerensen asserted.
In Turkey, the Foreign Ministry welcomed the decision.
"We expect that these media organisations that support terrorism and encourage the use of violence will get the punishment they deserve at the end of the legal process," the ministry said.
Under Denmark's anti-terror law, a person can face prison for up to 10 years for supporting a terrorist organisation.
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