{"id":2063594,"date":"2023-10-11T14:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T18:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greta-thunberg-fined-again-after-disobeying-police-orders-at-climate-protest-in-sweden\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T14:48:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T18:48:27","slug":"greta-thunberg-fined-again-after-disobeying-police-orders-at-climate-protest-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greta-thunberg-fined-again-after-disobeying-police-orders-at-climate-protest-in-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Greta Thunberg fined for defying police at Swedish climate protest."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgreta-thunberg-fined-again-after-disobeying-police-orders-at-climate-protest-in-sweden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2063594&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 SEPTEMBER 13:  Teenage \u200bSwedish climate activist Greta\u200d Thunberg delivers brief remarks surrounded by other student environmental advocates during a strike to \u200cdemand action be taken on climate change outside the White House on\u2062 September 13, 2019 in Washington,\u2062 DC. The\u2064 strike is part of \u200bThunberg\u2019s six day visit to Washington ahead\u200c of the Global\u200b Climate Strike scheduled for September \u200d20. (Photo by Sarah\u2063 Silbiger\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>11:45 \u2062AM\u200c \u2013 \u2064Wednesday, October\u2063 11, 2023<\/p>\n<p>A Swedish court has charged climate activist Greta Thunberg\u2063 again for violating police orders during an environmental protest in July in southern Sweden. This marks the second \u2062occurrence that she has been convicted and fined \u2062for the same crime.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On\u2064 Wednesday, the Malmo District Court in Sweden mandated Thunberg, 20, to pay a $206 (about 2,250 kroner) fine\u2064 for disobeying police mandates during \u200can environmental protest that occurred in July. <\/p>\n<p>During \u200bthe protest, \u200dThunberg \u2064and several \u200bother activists blocked entry into\u2063 an\u2062 oil \u2064terminal in Malmo. \u200bThis consisted\u2062 of \u200cthe\u2064 activists\u2063 sitting in front of\u2064 the \u2064facility and refusing the leave when\u2064 asked \u200bto by police officers.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, she was fined with\u200b \u201cdisobedience \u2063to law enforcement\u201d on September 15<sup>th<\/sup> for declining to \u200dfollow police orders after \u2062they requested for her to leave \u2064the scene. Then, she was dragged\u2062 away \u200dby two police officers after the event.<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg has denied that she is guilty for \u200cher actions. However, she has confessed to\u2062 the facts of the situation, explaining that the\u200b battle against the fossil\u200d fuel business was a form of \u201cself-defense\u201d because of \u200bthe global danger \u200cof the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>According to\u2063 the statement Thunberg made \u200don the \u2062verdict, she proclaims, \u201cWe have the science on our \u2062side and we\u2063 have morality \u200con our side. Nothing in the world can change that and so \u2062it is. I am ready\u2064 to act based\u2062 on the \u200cconditions that exist and whether it leads to \u200dmore\u200b sentences.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The climate\u2063 activist had\u200d been fined previously for a similar offense that took place on June 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 2023 during an environmental protest \u200cat the same oil terminal in Malmo. During this demonstration, she \u200band several\u200d other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greta-thunberg-fined-again-after-disobeying-police-orders-at-climate-protest-in-sweden\/\" title=\"Greta Thunberg fined for defying police at Swedish climate protest.\">activists momentarily restricted access<\/a> to the oil\u2064 terminal facility by sitting down in front and \u2062were physically removed by police.<\/p>\n<p>From her first offense\u2063 that \u200doccurred in June, Thunberg was required to pay $230 (about 2,500\u2063 kroner), \u2063fined by the same court in Malmo.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, \u200cThunberg and \u2062several other environmental activists, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Sami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indigenous Sami<\/a>,\u200b are planning to take part in another protest in Norway.\u200c <\/p>\n<p>At\u2062 this upcoming \u2062demonstration,\u200d the activists are \u2062planning to participate by\u200c protesting a wind\u200d farm of 151\u2063 turbines and command to have it\u200b removed because they believe it\u2062 harms the reindeer herders\u2019 \u201cway of life\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>According to the activists,\u200b an \u2062adjustment to producing green energy should\u2062 not\u2062 come at the expense of the Indigenous peoples\u2019 \u200brights.<\/p>\n<p>Norway\u2019s Supreme Court ruled that the construction of \u2064the wind turbines had disobeyed the \u200brights of \u200dthe Sami, who have \u2062controlled the land and\u200b utilized it for reindeer for many years. However, the \u2062Norwegian government \u200bis\u200b not planning to \u2062relocate or \u2063get rid of the wind farm. <\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old climate activist is \u200cknown for\u200c encouraging \u200cglobal movements \u200dfor the youth by\u200b wanting more useful \u200cand\u2063 beneficial efforts \u200cto battle climate change after holding \u200dweekly protests outside\u2064 the \u2062Swedish Parliament \u2063that started in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! \u2062Receive breaking \u200dnews blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Biden claims to\u2062 have unwavering\u2064 support for Israel \u200bas \u2064the \u200dstate is being inundated by rockets at the hands of Hamas terrorists. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The war in Israel continues, with airstrikes and bombs slamming Gaza in some of the \u2064fiercest attacks\u200c the nation has seen. One America\u2019s Chief White\u200c House Correspondent, Monica Paige,\u2064 has more on what\u2019s \u200dhappening in the region.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with John Guandolo<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Ralph Norman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Samsung said its preliminary third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oil-falls-after-saudi-pledge-investors-keep-wary-eye-on-israel\/\" title=\"Oil prices drop following Saudi Arabia's commitment; investors remain cautious due to Israel's situation.\">-quarter \u2064profit dropped<\/a> by a \u200csmaller-than-expected 78%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The\u200c EU\u2019s industry chief\u200c gave\u200b Meta 24 \u2062hours to\u200b inform him of measures\u200b taken to counter the spread of disinformation on \u2063its platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>EU antitrust regulators are asking Microsoft\u2019s users and \u200crivals\u2063 whether Bing should comply with new tough tech rules.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Shares of \u200cArm Holdings rose 3% on Monday\u2063 after \u200da wave of\u2062 \u201cbuy\u201d ratings from \u2064Wall \u2064Street analysts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What upcoming protest \u2064is Greta Thunberg and other activists planning to participate in Norway, and what is the main issue they are protesting against<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Greta\u200c Thunberg Convicted Again for Violating Police \u2063Orders during Environmental Protest<\/p>\n<p>On October 11, 2023, the Malmo District Court in Sweden charged climate activist Greta Thunberg for the second time for violating police \u200borders during an environmental protest that took place in July. Thunberg, who is 20 years old, has been fined \u200c$206 (about 2,250 kroner) for disobeying\u200d police mandates.<\/p>\n<p>During the protest, Thunberg and several \u2062other activists blocked entry into an oil terminal in Malmo. They sat in front of the facility and refused to \u2064leave when asked\u2062 to do so by the police. As a result, Thunberg was fined for &#8220;disobedience to law enforcement&#8221; on September \u200d15th. She was subsequently dragged away by two police officers.<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg denies being guilty of her actions but accepts the facts of\u2063 the\u2064 situation. She explains that \u2064the battle against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-climate-agenda-wont-replace-jobs-it-seeks-to-kill-separate-ap-wapo-fact-checks-suggest\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Climate Agenda Won\u2019t Replace Jobs It Seeks To Kill, Separate AP, WaPo Fact-Checks Suggest\">fossil fuel industry<\/a> is\u200d a form of &#8220;self-defense&#8221; due to the global\u2063 danger posed by the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement following the verdict, Thunberg proclaimed, &#8220;We\u2064 have\u2064 the science on our side and we have\u2063 morality on our side. Nothing in the world can change that, and so it is. I am ready to act based on the conditions that exist and whether it leads \u2062to more sentences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first \u2063time \u2063Thunberg\u200d has been fined for a similar \u2064offense. On June 24th, 2023, during another environmental protest\u200b at the same oil terminal in Malmo, she was fined $230 (about 2,500 kroner) by the same court.<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg and several other environmental activists, including Indigenous Sami, are planning to take part in another protest in Norway. At this upcoming demonstration, they will be protesting a wind farm of 151 turbines and\u2063 demanding its removal, as they believe it harms the reindeer herders&#8217; &#8220;way of life.&#8221; The activists argue \u2062that \u200cwhile transitioning to green energy is important, it should not \u2063come\u2064 at the expense of Indigenous rights.<\/p>\n<p>Although Norway&#8217;s Supreme Court ruled that the construction of the wind turbines violated the rights\u2063 of the Sami people, who have historically controlled the \u200cland and used it for reindeer herding, the Norwegian government has no plans to relocate or remove the wind farm.<\/p>\n<p>Greta Thunberg, a 20-year-old climate activist, continues\u2064 to inspire global movements for\u2063 youth empowerment and environmental action. Her ongoing\u200c activism and conviction demonstrate her unwavering dedication \u2062to fighting for \u2062a sustainable future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, joined by fellow students, demands climate action outside the White House during her six-day visit to Washington, DC. 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