The Zurich Administrative Court says protestors who squatted in a woodland will not have to pay police costs for removing them. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The court said their was not a sufficient legal basis to pass on costs, the Wald statt Schutt collective announced on Wednesday. The judgement, which is available to Keystone-SDA, states that the relevant provision is kept very open. "There is a lack of a sufficient basis for the assessment of the fee," the judges wrote. "This case is a precedent that once again demonstrates that every effort is being made to criminalise protest for the preservation of our livelihoods and affordable housing," said a spokesperson for the collective. Three activists who resisted the eviction for hours in the treetops were to receive a bill of CHF5,000 each. The remaining CHF9,000 francs were to be divided among 11 other activists. The operation to arrest the people stuck in the trees was particularly costly ...
