Environmental activist Greta Thunberg was fined by a court in the Swedish capital Stockholm on Wednesday for failing to respect police orders during two climate actions. This was reported by a journalist from the French news agency AFP on site.
The Swedish activist was fined 6,000 Swedish krona (512 euros) by the court and must pay 1,000 kroner (85 euros) in damages. The ruling comes after Thunberg and a small group of activists blocked the main entrance to the Swedish parliament for several days in March. Members of Parliament could still reach the building through secondary entrances.
On March 12 and 14, Thunberg was removed by police after she refused to leave the location. That’s why she now faced two charges of civil disobedience.
“Emergency”
Thunberg himself denied the charges in court. When the judge asked why she had not followed police orders, she replied: “Because there was an emergency (it is a climate emergency, ed.) and there still is. And in an emergency, we all have a duty to act.”
“Current laws protect extractive industries instead of protecting people and the planet, which I believe should be the case,” she said as she left the courtroom.
Greta Thunberg has already been fined twice in Sweden for civil disobedience during similar actions: in July and October 2023. In February, a judge in London decided to charge the activist for disorderly conduct during a demonstration against the oil industry in October in the British capital to withdraw.
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