THREE Kurdish men were found today to have known that flags they were carrying were those of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

Ismael Akdogan, 43, Rotinda Demir, 21, and Rahman Pwr, 23, all admitted carrying a PKK flag during a central London demonstration on January 27 opposing the Turkish bombardment of Afrin, but they denied knowing it was a PKK flag.

The PKK was banned in 2001 under the Terrorism Act, section 13 of which makes it an offence for someone to display an article in a way arousing “reasonable suspicion that he is a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation.”