STOCKHOLM: Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg is set to go on trial on Monday (Jul 24) charged with disobeying police at a rally last month, in which activists blocked the port in the cit
, in which activists blocked the port in the city of Malmo.The 20-year-old activist"took part in a demonstration that disrupted traffic" and"refused to obey police orders to leave the site", according to the charge sheet seen by AFP.
The rally, organised by the environmental activist group"Ta tillbaka framtiden" , tried to block the entrance and exit to the Malmo harbour to protest against the use of fossil fuel. Thunberg shot to global fame after starting her"School Strike for the Climate" in front of Sweden's parliament in Stockholm at the age of 15.
In addition to her climate strikes, the young activist regularly lambasts governments and politicians for not properly addressing climate issues.
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