'My actions are justifiable', Greta Thunberg tells Swedish court as she is fined for depot protest
After a short trial, she was found liable for her actions and sentenced her to pay a fine of 1,500 kronor plus an additional 1,000 kronor to the Swedish fund for victims of crime.
The June rally, organised by 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. Greta Thunberg was just 15 when she started her 'School Strike for the Climate' in front of Sweden's parliament in Stockholm.
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