Cundall, 83, and 56 other protesters were arrested after refusing to move from the Parliament's steps during an anti-pulp mill protest in November 2009.
He and fellow protester, wheelchair-bound nurse Molly Taylor were today found guilty without conviction and were ordered to pay about $47 in court costs.
Cundall says it is disappointing.
"We've been found guilty of standing up for the truth and standing up for justice. It's as simple as that," he said.
But he says he will continue to peacefully protest against Gunns' proposed Tasmanian pulp mill.
"The protest and the battle against the pulp mill will never stop and we'll never give in," he said.
"As far as I and the others are concerned, we'll do everything we can, as we've always done, not to break the law."
I happen to agree with Peter Cundall, this is big business using the Police and the Law to silence protesters and reduce the visibility of public objections.
The fact is that the courts are on the side of big business, the courts are on the side of the Police and the courts are on the side of the government which pays them and those within the system.
When we see blatant big brother against one man type situations like this it can only mean one thing, the government cares more about one big business than it does about, people, flora, fauna and it is not above using it's thugs, the police to make up some bogus charge to punish and threaten anyone who would dare to question them.
Peter, If I was in Tasmania right now I'd be there beside you, you're a great role model for those who care about making the world a more sustainable place for all of us to inhabit.
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Where are the Greens - where is the independant representative? Too busy grandstanding in Canberra.
What a load of B.......it
This is the proof that the Greens desire power more than saving the trees, that the greens are to the environment nothing more than a name and that their chosen color is a brand not an ideology and that their goal is about communist subjugation of the population rather than an egalitarian life with real representation.
As an ex green member, I was fooled but now that the real truth has come out, never again shall I say one word in support of what seems to be in my opinion the radical extreem communist party they have become, they no longer represent all australians as they did when they were founded now they only support a few minorities.
That's where the Greens are.
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