A court in Berlin handed down suspended sentences for three climate activists responsible for a paint attack on the German capital’s famous Brandenburg Gate in September last year. The district court found the members of the Last Generation climate group guilty of causing damage to property and gave each of them an eight-month suspended sentence. The 22, 28 and 64-year-old defendants had previously confessed to having spray orange paint on the landmark on September 17, 2023. They had argued that the action was an “appropriate and necessary protest” in view of the climate crisis. The court disa…