Climate activist Greta Thunberg charged with disobedience, Swedish officials say

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/greta-thunberg-charged-disobedience-sweden/

Prosecutors have charged climate activist Greta Thunberg with disobedience
to law enforcement in connection with a protest in Malmö, Sweden, last
month.

Local newspaper Sydsvenskan reported Wednesday that Thunberg and other
activists were detained after they stopped traffic in the oil terminal of
the port in Malmö on June 19.

A short statement by Swedish prosecutors on Wednesday said a "young woman"
was charged with disobedience because she "refused to comply with police
orders to leave the scene" during the protest. The statement didn't
identify the woman, but Swedish Prosecution Authority spokeswoman Annika
Collin confirmed that it was Thunberg.

Sydsvenskan said the 20-year-old Swedish activist will be called to trial
at the end of July. Prosecutor Charlotte Ottosen told the paper that the
crime of disobedience is typically punishable with fines.

Thunberg's media team didn't immediately answer a request for comment.

Protests have been an essential part of Thunberg's climate activism since
she rose to international prominence in 2018 when she was 15 years old,
and she has been detained by police several times in the past.

In January, while protesting a coal mine in Germany, video footage showed
three police officers pick her up and carry her by her arms and legs away
from a sit-in. In February, Thunberg and other activists blocked the
entrance to Norway's energy ministry in Oslo to protest a wind farm they
say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer in
Arctic Norway.

Since she gained attention for her activism, Thunberg has appeared before
legislatures, celebrities and even the Pope to speak about climate issues.
Scientists also named a beetle after the climate activist.


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