German climate activists sentenced for spraying paint on Brandenburg Gate

A German court on Tuesday handed down suspended eight-month prison sentences to three climate activists who sprayed orange paint on the columns of
Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate last September to demand a stop to the use of fossil fuels by 2030.
The activists were supporters of the “Last Generation” climate activists group, which had made headlines in Germany with hundreds of road blocks by protesters who glued themselves to tarmac.
The defendants, aged between 22 and 64, admitted their involvement and said their motive was to protest against the federal government’s climate policy, Berlin Tiergarten District Court said in a statement.
The prison sentences were suspended for two years but could be enforced if the defendants commit new offences.