The appeals court in the Danish capital confirmed an October ruling to unfreeze the accounts of Roj TV, which contained 327,000 kroner (43,900 euros, 58,400 dollars).

The accounts were frozen in August at the end of a five-year investigation into the channel, with prosecutors accusing Roj TV of broadcasting propaganda for the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, which is considered a terrorist organisation by the EU.

The judge said freezing the accounts violated European rights laws on freedom of expression, said Bjoern Elmquist, the station's lawyer.

Roj TV began broadcasting in 2004 from Belgium to 68 countries in Europe and Asia, prompting angry criticism from Ankara, which says the channel is a mouthpiece for the PKK.

The PKK took up arms for self-rule in the Kurdish-majority southeast of Turkey in 1984, sparking a conflict that has claimed about 45,000 lives.