Two major architects of protests that have been declared in one of the last legal cases of the Callout of Canada for weeks in one of the last legal cases that have been demonstration that seduced the country and disturbed billions of dollars in trade with the United States.

The referee condemned the best protest organizers, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, in the novelist in Ottawa not far from the Parliament Hill, a four-week blockade of 2022 in which demonstrators parked trucks with long streets on the main streets to protest the mandates of the pandemic era.

Mrs. Lich and Mr. Barber were found guilty of misconceptions, according to the Canadian Press, the National Agency for Newswire, an offense that involves the damage of public assets or interfere with people from the use of public property that carries a maximum of 10-year prison sentence. Mrs. Lich and Mr. Barber will be convicted of another hearing.

The two of them were acquitted by other accusations, including obstructing justice, the frightening public and counseling of others to commit a criminal offense, according to the Center for Justice for Constitutional Freedom, a non -profit organization that helped to defend Mr. Barber.

The group criticized the length of the proceedings against the two defendants.

“If Tamara Lich and Chris Barber played a leading role in organizing protest against racism, transphobia or climate change, they would not have faced 45 days of trial during a 31 -month period,” John Carpay, president of the Center, said in a statement.

Protests in Canada were known as “a convoy of freedom” and He attracted the basis of support, especially from the western province of Albert.

It began as the movement of root by truckers who faced vaccination requirements to cross the US border. Mr. Barber owns a transport company in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, while Mrs. Lich describes himself as a political activist of medical hat, Albert, who helped raise funds to support efforts.

“I love Canada, and regardless of the outcome today, that will never change,” Mrs. Lich said in a post on X on Thursday morning before the verdict.

Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called on a rare emergency warrant that has allowed authorities to take stronger measures against protesters, including freezing his bank accounts and arranging huge police resources in Ottawa.

Pat King, another key organizer, was convicted of delusion Last year, he was finally sentenced to three months of house arrest.

Similar blockages formed at border crossings in cities like Windsor, Ontario, across from Detroit, preventing trucks carrying trade over bridges connecting two cities.

On the second obstructed border crossing at Coutts, Alberta, the police discovered weapons cache and two men were later sentenced to six years in prison for possessing firearms and other charges.