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The Greenpeace activists managed to enter the premises of an EU summit as VIPs (Photo: Greenpeace)

Belgian court sentences activists for EU protest

A Belgian court on Thursday (17 March) handed down a one-month suspended jail sentence and fines of €1,100 to each of ten Greenpeace activists for having duped security and staged a protest during an EU summit in 2009.

The protest was staged as a "warning to EU leaders" a few days ahead of a major climate change summit in Copenhagen. The activists managed to join an official motorcade and use the VIP entrance before being seized by security forces.

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The Greenpeace activists managed to enter the premises of an EU summit as VIPs (Photo: Greenpeace)

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