Gyลr โCourt of Appeal Clears Actress Dorottya Udvaros,โฃ Greenpeace Activists in Bird Net Protest
GYลR, Hungaryโ – The Gyลr Court of Appeal hasโข definitively dismissed charges against actress Dorottya Udvaros and fellow Greenpeaceโ activists involved โin a 2021 โprotest where theyโ removed a protective net from a building slated forโค demolition. The โruling concludes a four-year legal battle stemming from theโฃ incident.
The activists’ action aimed to allow chimney โฃswallows returningโฃ fromโ Africa toโ nest under theโ eaves of theโ building, located โin [location not specified in original text]. The investorโฃ intended โto demolish the โstructure, a processโ hindered โคby the presenceโ ofโฃ nesting protected birds.
Initially,โข theโ Sopron Districtโ Court found 11 of โthe 12 โฃdefendants, including Udvaros, guilty in autumn 2023,โ assessing โdamages at HUF 102,800. โคThough, the court subsequently overturned โคthose โconvictions, noting the valueโ of the damaged netting-even including potential repair costs-equaled the โvalue of two swallow eggs.
The โฃGyลr Court of Appeal upheldโ thisโค second-instance judgment, โฃdetermining theโข activists’ actions โฃdid โnot constitute a crime. The court reasoned thatโ the โactivists’ โฃbehavior posed no โคdanger to society and โคthat theโข preservation of natural values takes precedence overโฃ property protection. โ
Greenpeace hailed the decisionโ as a victory for environmental protection, stating โฃthat natural values are a common property.