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Activist Thunberg at the trial in London (November 2023): acquitted due to lack of evidence
Photo: TOLGA AKMEN / EPA
Criminal proceedings against Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg have been dropped in London. Judge John Law dismissed the allegations. The prosecution accused the 21-year-old and four men of disturbing public order.
They were temporarily arrested in October 2023 during a demonstration against a meeting of energy managers in the British capital. Thunberg and the other demonstrators - two members each of the organizations Greenpeace and Fossil Free London - are said to have refused to give access to the conference hotel.
Law said on the second day of the trial that the conditions imposed on the demonstrators by the police were "so unclear that they are unlawful." Therefore, it was not a criminal offense not to adhere to the guidelines, said the judge, as the British news agency PA reported from the courtroom.
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