The climate activist was on trial for disobeying a police order to leave the protest in Malmo last month.
Greta Thunberg has been found guilty and fined for disobeying a police order to leave a climate protest in the Swedish port of Malmo last month.
The Swedish climate activist pleaded not guilty. "My actions are justifiable," she told the court, according to the Sydsvenskan newspaper.Thunberg was part of a group of protesters that blocked the road for oil trucks in Malmo harbour."I believe that we are in an emergency that threatens life, health and property," she told the court, adding that "countless people" were at risk.
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