An Australian climate change protester arrested during December's climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, was released on bail on Tuesday after being held in jail for three weeks.

Natasha Verco, co-founder of the climate group Friends of the Earth in Australia, said she was riding a bicycle on the side of a road in Denmark when police arrested her.

"I wasn't at a protest. I was on my way to a protest," she told Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio.

Verco, who was in Copenhagen ahead of the December climate change summit, described the whole incident as "very scary".

"From my understanding I've been involved in things that in no way have been illegal, that should in no way have led to me being in under that sort of condition."

Verco will reappear in a Danish court in March when she will face charges of attempted assault of a police officer and planning to disturb public order.

(Xinhua News Agency January 5, 2010)