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Police talk to Greta Thunberg as they move climate activists from the organization Ta Tillbaka Framtiden, who were blocking the entrance to Oljehamnen in Malmo, Sweden, on June 19, 2023. /TT News Agency/Johan Nilsson/Reuters
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with disobeying a police order to leave a climate protest in the southern city of Malmo on June 19, according to daily Sydsvenskan.
Thunberg, 20, joined the protest organized by environmental activist group "Ta tillbaka framtiden" (Reclaim the Future) as they attempted to block the entrance and exit to the Malmo harbor to protest the use of fossil fuel.
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"The climate crisis is already a matter of life and death for countless people. We choose to not be bystanders, and instead physically stop the fossil fuel infrastructure. We are reclaiming the future," Thunberg said in an Instagram post at the time.
On Wednesday, the group said: "After blocking the activities that are burning our future, we are now being charged with criminal offenses. While charges are being brought against us, the real crime is going on inside the doors we have blocked."
If convicted for disobeying a police order, Thunberg can be handed a fine or up to six months in prison.
"You have the freedom to demonstrate, but you must not demonstrate in such a way that it causes disturbances for others," prosecutor Charlotte Ottosen said, according to Sydsvenskan.
A hearing at the Malmo district court has been scheduled for the end of July, the newspaper said.
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