A Swedish court on Monday fined climate activist Greta Thunberg for disobeying police during an environmental protest at an oil facility last month.

Thunberg, 20, admitted to the facts but denied guilt, saying the fight against the fossil fuel industry was a form of self-defense due to the existential and global threat of the climate crisis.

鈥淲e cannot save the world by playing by the rules,鈥� she told journalists after hearing the verdict, vowing she would 鈥渄efinitely not鈥� back down.

The court rejected her argument and fined her 2,500 kronor (about $240).

Charges were brought against Thunberg and several other youth activists from the Reclaim the Future movement for refusing a police order to disperse after blocking road access to an oil terminal in the southern Swedish city of Malm枚 on June 19.

鈥淚f the court sees our actions of self-defense as a crime, that鈥檚 how it is,鈥� said Irma Kjellstr枚m, a spokesperson for Reclaim the Future who was also present at the June protest. She added that activists 鈥渉ave to be exactly where the harm is being done.鈥�

The sentencing appeared to have little effect on the youths鈥� determination 鈥� just a few hours later, Thunberg and Reclaim the Future activists returned to the oil terminal to stage to another roadblock.

David Keyton, The Associated Press

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