The prosecution has asked for up to six years in prison for some of the 11 alleged members of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) on trial in Paris, accused of extortion and financing terrorism.
In court Wednesday, anti-terrorism prosecutor Xavier Laurent asked for between three years of suspended sentence to six years in prison for the 11 alleged PKK members on trial – most of whom are Kurds from Turkey who have all denied membership in the group, which has long fought Turkey for greater autonomy for the Kurdish minority, and which the European Union, the United States and Turkey have labelled a terrorist organisation.
