Greta Thunberg has been charged in Sweden with disobeying a police order after she joined a group of climate activists blocking oil tankers at a port in June.
Swedish prosecutors confirmed Wednesday that a “young woman” was charged with disobedience because she “refused to comply with police orders to leave the scene” during the protest.
The statement didn’t identify the defendant, but Swedish Prosecution Authority spokeswoman Annika Collin revealed that it was 20-year-old Thunberg.
“You have the freedom to demonstrate, but you must not demonstrate in such a way that it causes disturbances for others,” Swedish prosecutor Charlotte Ottosen said, according to reporting by the local news outlet Sydsvenskan.
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