Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged by Swedish prosecutors after refusing to comply with requests from law enforcement officials during a protest in the southern city of Malmo last month.
The 20-year-old Swedish native was charged with disobeying a police order to leave the climate demonstration on June 19, during which she and other activists stopped traffic in the oil terminal of the port in Malmo, local newspaper Sydsvenskan reported.
One other climate activist is also being prosecuted over the incident, according to the report.
At the time of the protest, which was organized by Swedish climate group Ta Tillbaka Framtiden, which translates to “Reclaiming the Future,” Ms. Thunberg had taken to Instagram to share images of herself and other demonstrators holding long banners as they sat in the middle of the street….