<p>Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with disobeying a police order to leave a climate protest in the southern city of Malmo on June 19, according to daily <em>Sydsvenskan</em>.</p>.<p>On the day of the incident, Thunberg wrote in an Instagram post that protesters had blocked the road for oil trucks in Malmo harbour.<br /><br /><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/earth-keeps-breaking-temperature-records-due-to-global-warming-1234059.html" target="_blank">Earth keeps breaking temperature records due to global warming</a></strong></p>.<p>"The climate crisis is already a matter of life and death for countless people. We chose to not be bystanders, and instead physically stop the fossil fuel infrastructure. We are reclaiming the future," she had said.</p>.<p>If convicted for disobeying a police order, Thunberg can be handed a fine or up to six months in prison.</p>.<p>"You have the freedom to demonstrate, but you must not demonstrate in such a way that it causes disturbances for others," prosecutor Charlotte Ottosen said, according to <em>Sydsvenskan</em>.</p>.<p>The Swedish central prosecutor's press office could not immediately confirm the report when contacted by <em>Reuters </em>for comment. Thunberg's representatives could not be reached.</p>
<p>Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with disobeying a police order to leave a climate protest in the southern city of Malmo on June 19, according to daily <em>Sydsvenskan</em>.</p>.<p>On the day of the incident, Thunberg wrote in an Instagram post that protesters had blocked the road for oil trucks in Malmo harbour.<br /><br /><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/earth-keeps-breaking-temperature-records-due-to-global-warming-1234059.html" target="_blank">Earth keeps breaking temperature records due to global warming</a></strong></p>.<p>"The climate crisis is already a matter of life and death for countless people. We chose to not be bystanders, and instead physically stop the fossil fuel infrastructure. We are reclaiming the future," she had said.</p>.<p>If convicted for disobeying a police order, Thunberg can be handed a fine or up to six months in prison.</p>.<p>"You have the freedom to demonstrate, but you must not demonstrate in such a way that it causes disturbances for others," prosecutor Charlotte Ottosen said, according to <em>Sydsvenskan</em>.</p>.<p>The Swedish central prosecutor's press office could not immediately confirm the report when contacted by <em>Reuters </em>for comment. Thunberg's representatives could not be reached.</p>