Protesters who targeted Girl with a Pearl Earring jailed by Dutch court

Two activists from Just Stop Oil Belgium each sentenced to two months in prison with one month suspended

Two Belgian climate change activists who last week targeted the Johannes Vermeer painting Girl with a Pearl Earring have been sentenced to two months in prison by a Dutch court, of which one month was suspended.

One activist glued his head to glass covering the painting at a museum in The Hague. The artwork was not damaged, gallery staff said.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/02/just-stop-oil-protesters-who-targeted-girl-with-a-pearl-earring-jailed-by-dutch-court

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