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Copenhagen protestors facing prison term

Two climate prisoners released but still facing charges
Sydney Indymedia 05 Jan 2010
By takver Climate activists Australian Natasha Verco and American citizen Noah Weiss were released from a Copenhagen prison but are still facing charges of attempted assault of a police officer and planning to disturb public order.

Their case has been adjourned until March 16.

Natasha Verco denied the accusations that she assaulted a police officer and planned to disturb public order and insisted she was organising a peaceful event. She was picked up and arrested pre-emptively by the police.

“I participated in organising people to speak about climate change with youth delegates for the UN,” she said.

“They say I organised riots and when we said that riots didn’t happen, they said, ‘No, you were charged with organising riots that were stopped by the good work of the police’.

“I wasn’t at a protest. I wasn’t on my way to a protest. I was riding along the side of the road.

“When I asked them what was going on (and) were they just picking up anybody who was wearing black clothes – I had a black jacket on and some black pants – they said, ‘no we’ve been hunting you’.”

Two climate prisoners released but still facing charges | Indymedia Australia

January 5, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, general | nuclear