Greta Thunberg could face up to six months in jail over protest charge

Sweden’s Prosecution Authority has charged local weather activist Greta Thunberg with disobeying legislation enforcement after she allegedly refused to depart the scene of a local weather protest in Malmö in June

“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 assertion mentioned. The girl “refused to obey the police command to leave the scene,” it added.

While the assertion doesn’t determine Thunberg by title, a spokesperson for the Swedish Prosecution Authority, Annika Collin, confirmed to CNN that the lady referred to is Thunberg.

“The criminal classification is disobedience to law enforcement. According to the prosecutor, the act was committed with intent,” the prosecution authority’s assertion added.

Thunberg faces a tremendous or a sentence of as much as six months in jail, in response to the prosecution authority.

The prices relate to Thunberg’s participation in a protest organized by the activist group Ta Tillbaka Framtiden, which blocked oil tankers in a part of Malmö harbor.

“Today, for the third day in a row, young activists from @tatillbakaframtiden have blocked oil tankers in the Malmö oil harbour. The climate crisis is already a matter of life and death for countless people. We choose to not be bystanders, and instead physically stop the fossil fuel infrastructure. We are reclaiming the future,” Thunberg mentioned in an Instagram publish in the course of the protest.

Irma Kjellström, spokesperson for Ta Tillbaka Framtiden, mentioned Thunberg was one among many younger individuals blocking oil tankers. “After having blocked the industry which is burning our future, we have now been charged with crime. While charges are being brought against us, the real crime continues inside the gates that we blocked,” she instructed CNN.

A spokesperson for Thunberg instructed CNN she was unavailable for remark.

In January, Thunberg was detained by police throughout a protest within the village of Lützerath, Germany, over the enlargement of a coal mine. She was launched later the identical day.