STOCKHOLM: A group of 46 climate activists on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Swedish state, arguing their right to protest had been violated as a result of them being targeted by law enforcement actions.
The activists argued that “the state is intimidating people from participating in peaceful demonstrations for climate action” by prosecuting protesters. “We´re not allowed to demonstrate, or rather, if you demonstrate for the climate and do it in a disruptive way, you´ll be brought to court and most likely convicted of a crime,” said Viktor Jonsson, the main plaintiff bringing the case and legal spokesman for the group. “We can´t have that in a democratic society,” he told AFP outside the Stockholm district court where the lawsuit was filed.
