Activists protest outside the District Court of West Lausanne before the trial of twelve activists for a protest inside a branch of Credit Suisse bank in 2018 in Renens, Switzerland, January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - A dozen Swiss climate activists appeared in court on Tuesday after refusing to pay a fine for playing tennis inside branches of Credit Suisse bank last year in a stunt intended to highlight the bank's fossil fuel investments and "stop people acting like nothing is happening."
The young activists, mostly students, were fined 21,600 Swiss francs (16,973 pounds) for trespassing at Credit Suisse branches in November 2018. Lawyers for the students who are appealing the fine said on Tuesday they were acting as whistleblowers for the climate emergency.
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