Turkish Digest Advertising Rates

Annual Advertising options

Friday, January 13, 2012

Kurdish television station appeals fine in Denmark - Winnipeg Free Press

Kurdish television station appeals fine in Denmark

By: The Associated Press

Posted: 01/13/2012 8:32 AM | Comments: 0 (including replies)

COPENHAGEN - A Kurdish satellite TV station says it has appealed a court ruling that found it guilty of breaching Denmark's anti-terror laws and imposed fines of 5.2 million kroner ($892,000).

Roj TV officials said Friday the station, which broadcasts from Denmark, had unfairly been portrayed as a mouthpiece for a Kurdish rebel group listed as a terror organization by the EU and U.S.

More:Kurdish television station appeals fine in Denmark - Winnipeg Free Press