Greta Thunberg has been fined for disobeying police orders when she twice blocked the entrance to Sweden's parliament in March, Stockholm District Court has announced.
Mr. Thunberg and four others were put on trial after being removed by police during a sit-in on March 12 and 13 to protest the effects of climate change and the inaction of politicians, it said. She was sentenced to a fine of 6,000 Swedish kronor (about 512 euros) and damages of 1,000 kronor (about 85 euros), the TT news agency reported.
When asked by the judge about disobeying police orders, Thunberg said the climate crisis is an urgent need and everyone has a responsibility to act. As she left court, she said the laws protected the mining industry, not the planet's inhabitants, as they should.
Previously, G. Thunberg was convicted of disobeying police orders and fined, and in the UK in February a court acquitted her after a judge ruled that police did not have the right to arrest activists during the London mobilization.
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