Greenpeace convicted under anti-terrorism laws

Statewatch News
13 Jul 2005

Greenpeace Denmark has been convicted under new anti-terrorism laws, which allows police to charge the organisation behind the actions of individuals.

The landmark case follows a peaceful anti-GE protest in 2002, in which protestors entered the headquarters of the Danish Agriculture Council.

Greenpeace was charged 4,000 Euros, a sum they say is big for an organization funded by donations.

The police have argued that this was not a terror case, but they wanted Greenpeace fined as a deterrent to trespassing.

But defence lawyer Mr Steen Bech said that a lot of politicians would be uncomfortable with the way the new law was used, and saw the case as "unpleasant".

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