A court in Sweden has again punished climate activist Greta Thunberg because she was disobedient to the police during an environmental protest in the south of the country in July this year.
Malmö District Court ordered her to pay a fine of 2.250 kroner ($206).
Thunberg, who was already punished for a similar offense, took part in an environmental protest at the oil terminal in Malmö on July 24, where activists blocked access by sitting down, and the police removed them.
On September 15, Thunberg was charged with disobedience to the police because she refused to comply with their request to move away from the terminal approach and was dragged away by two uniformed police officers.
Tunberg (20) admitted those facts, but denied guilt.
According to her, the fight against the oil industry is a form of self-defense against the existential and global threat brought by the climate crisis.
"Science is on our side and morality is on our side. Nothing in the world can change that and that's how it is," she said after the sentencing, stressing that she was ready to act regardless of whether there would be punishment.
On June 24, the same court fined Tunberg 2.500 kroner (about $230) for refusing to obey police orders when she participated in a similar demonstration the previous month.
Today she is going to neighboring Norway, to the protest of the indigenous people of the northern parts of the planet - the Sami people, due to the construction of a wind farm with 151 turbines, because they say it threatens their herding life with reindeer.
Activists believe that the transition to green energy should not come at the expense of the rights of indigenous people.
Two years ago, the Supreme Court of Norway determined that the construction of the turbines violated the rights of the Sami, who have been using the land for reindeer for centuries.
The Norwegian government has no plans to remove the disputed wind farm.
Thunberg has inspired a worldwide youth movement that demands a stronger commitment in the fight against climate change.
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