![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/sweden-charges-greta-thunberg-for-blockading-oil-port/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/130305564_thunberg-index-reuters.jpg&description=Image source, AFP Image caption, Greta Thunberg was charged for "disobeying the police" at this protest in June Climate activist Greta Thunberg will appear in court in July charged with "disobeying the police" during a protest, Swedish prosecutors have said. Ms Thunberg, 20, joined a group of young protesters blockading oil tankers at a port in Malmö in June. Police said she refused to leave when asked to. She could face a six-month prison sentence or a fine. A representative told BBC News that Ms Thunberg was not available for comment. The group Ta Tillbaka Framtiden or Reclaim the Future blockaded the Malmö port for six days in June. Some protestors climbed on top of oil tankers, the group said. "The climate crisis is already a matter of life and death for countless people," Ms Thunberg wrote on Instagram in June when she joined the protest. "We choose to not be bystanders, and instead physically stop the fossil fuel infrastructure," she added. "The prosecutor has filed charges against a young woman who on June 19 this year participated in a climate demonstration which, according to the prosecution, caused disruption to traffic in Malmö," the Swedish Prosecution Authority said. "The woman has refused to obey the police command to leave the scene," it added. It told BBC News that Ms Thunberg will appear in court on 24 July, along with three other protestors. Irma Kjellström, 20, will also appear in court in July. She told BBC News that police asked her to leave the port but she refused. She says she was then carried away by officers. "We blocked the port in order to stop the use of fossil fuels that are killing innocent people," she said. "The real crimes continue inside the gate of the port. We are not going to sit and wait while the fossil fuel industry takes our dreams away from us." Asked if she's worried about the consequences of the trial, she replied: "I personally am more worried about the horrible harm the fossil fuel industry is doing to the world." "I'm){kind=link}
Climate activist Greta Thunberg will appear in court in July charged with “disobeying the police” during a protest, Swedish prosecutors have said.
Ms Thunberg, 20, joined a group of young protesters blockading oil tankers at a port in Malmö in June. Police said she refused to leave when asked to.
She could face a six-month prison sentence or a fine.
A representative told BBC News that Ms Thunberg was not available for comment.
The group Ta Tillbaka Framtiden or Reclaim the Future blockaded the Malmö port for six days in June. Some protestors climbed on top of oil tankers, the group said.