AGI – The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg She will face trial today for disobeying police during a demonstration last month in Malmo where protesters blocked the port. Thunberg will appear before the municipal court at 11:30 a.m. Italian time.
The 20-year-old “participated in a demonstration that disrupted traffic” and “refused to obey a police order to leave the premises,” according to the indictment.
What Thunberg is risking
According to prosecutors, Thunberg faces a maximum sentence of six months in prison Charlotte Ottosen He told France Presse that convictions on such charges usually result in a fine.
The demonstration, organized by environmental activist group Ta tillbaka framtiden (Reclaim the Future), tried to block the entrance and exit to the building Port of Malmo to protest against the use of fossil fuels.
“We choose not to be bystanders and instead physically shut down fossil fuel infrastructure. We’re reclaiming the future,” Thunberg wrote in an Instagram post at the time. Instead, the young activist responded to the police allegations without comment.