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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle and agency

Greta Thunberg fined for disobeying Swedish police at climate protest

Greta Thunberg surrounded by journalists and holding phones, microphones and cameras
Greta Thunberg enters court before her trial hearing in Malmö, Sweden, on Monday. Photograph: Pavel Golovkin/AP

Greta Thunberg has been fined by a Swedish court after she was found guilty of disobeying a police order to leave a climate protest.

The 20-year-old climate activist, who from 2018 became the face of the youth climate movement, had admitted taking part in the protest in Malmö in June, but pleaded not guilty on the grounds she had acted out of necessity.

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