Denmark's Supreme Court revokes citizenship in terror case
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Denmark's Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling to revoke the Danish citizenship of a Moroccan-born dual national who was convicted of instigating and promoting terrorism.
Said Mansour is the first person to be stripped of his Danish citizenship under a law introduced in 2004.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected his appeal of a lower court decision to revoke his citizenship and expel him after a four-year prison sentence.
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Mansour, who is 56 and has lived in Denmark for 32 years, was convicted of instigating and promoting terrorism by posting social media messages in support of al-Qaida and associated groups. Mansour denied the charges, citing the freedom of speech.
His lawyer told Denmark's TV2 that Mansour would appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.