Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was fined again by the court in Malmö on Wednesday for “disobedience to public order” during an action in that southern Swedish city in late July.
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According to local journalists, the activist was sentenced to a 90-day fine totaling 5,500 crowns (476 euros).
She took part in the blockade of Malmö port on July 24, shortly after she was first convicted of a similar action in June.
“This shows exactly the shortcomings of our system: those who try to defend people, the planet and life are the ones who face such legal consequences,” she responded to the court’s release, wearing a T-shirt Inscription “Stand up for science”.
On the other hand, “those who cause the climate crisis – a matter of life and death – are destroying (the planet) without consequences,” she added.
Prosecutor Jörgen Larsson estimated in the hearing that Greta Thunberg “was involved, together with other people, in blocking a road without authorization and disturbing public order.”
Along with other activists, Greta Thunberg blocked access to the port of Malmö that day to protest against the use of fossil fuels and refused to follow police orders. She was taken away by the police along with five other activists.
At her first trial on July 24, shortly before the port blockade, 20-year-old Greta Thunberg was sentenced to a fine of 1,500 crowns and 1,000 crowns in compensation.