A Danish appeals court convicted six people who sold T-shirts bearing the logos of Colombian and Palestinian guerrillas of supporting banned terrorist groups.

The six were connected to the Danish activist group Fighters and Lovers, which sold T-shirts with logos of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

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

Two of the defendants were sentenced to six months in prison, while four others were sentenced to shorter, suspended prison terms, the Eastern High Court in Copenhagen said in a statement. A seventh defendant was acquitted.

The maximum prison sentence under Danish law is 10 years.

Fighters and Lovers said FARC and PFLP were legitimate liberation movements and have likened their support of the groups to supporting the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa in the 1980s.

The group's lawyer they would appeal the verdict to Denmark's highest court.

In December last year, the seven defendants were acquitted by a local Copenhagen court, but prosecutors appealed the ruling.

Danish police last year seized about 24,000 Danish crowns (3,219 euros) worth of computers and T-shirts from the company and shut down its website www.fightersandlovers.com.

Fighters and Lovers have said the funds were destined to support FARC's radio station in Colombia and the PLFP print shop in Palestine.