Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’ | Gaza flotilla

Environmental campaignist Greta Thunberg, Swedish officials, according to the correspondence seen by Guardian, Gaza, a fleet of helping and removal of a fleet was subjected to harsh treatment in the custody of Israel, he said.

According to correspondence, Israeli forces reportedly taken photos of Thunberg allegedly forced to hold a flag by another prisoner. The identity of the flags is unknown.

An official who visited the activist in a prison in a e -mail, sent to people close to Thunberg by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that he was detained in a cell invaded with cereals with very little food and water.

“Embassy was able to meet Greta, E -says E -Post. “He gave information about the dehydration. He took insufficient amounts of water and food. He also stated that he had developed rashes that he was caused by bedbugs. He talked about harsh treatment and said he was sitting on hard surfaces for a long time.”

“Another prisoner said they saw him in another embassy. [Thunberg] Pictures are forced to hold the flag while taking. He wondered if his images were distributed. ”

Thunberg is among the 437 activist, parliamentary and lawyer, a part of the global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), a coalition of more than 40 ships, whose target is Israel’s 16 -year maritime blockade Gaza.

Between Thursdays and Fridays, the Israeli forces seized all boats and arrested each crew member on the ship. Many are organized in Ketziot, also known as Ansar III, a high -security prison in the Negev desert, and to detain Palestinian security prisoners accused of participation in militants or terrorist activities.

In the past, the activists detained by Israel were not prosecuted as criminal, and instead of their assets were considered as a matter of immigration.

According to lawyers from NGO Adalah, the rights of the crew members were “systematically violated”, and that activists openly violated their fundamental rights to water, sanitation, pharmaceutical and legal representatives, “the necessary process, impartial trial and legal representation”.

The Italian Legal Team, representing the net, confirmed that the detainees were left for hours without food or water until late last night ,, “delivered to Greta and shown to the cameras”. Lawyers also reported examples of oral and physical abuse.

While visiting Ashdod on Thursday night, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was called “terrorists” while the activists were standing in front of them.

“These are the terrorists of the fleet,” he said. The spokesman confirmed that the video was taken at Ashdod Port on Thursday night.

It was heard that some activists shouted: “Free Palestine.”

Ben-Gvir wanted to be imprisoned rather than deportation of activists.

After his arrest, the Fleet Legal Team expressed his concerns about the treatment that the crew members who were previously detained by Israeli officials after trying to break the sea blockade of Gaza. This points out that Thunberg was arrested for the second time with other fleet members, after the arrest and deportation of a similar attempt earlier this year.

Baptiste André is a French doctor in one of the fleet boats in June, Given to journalists After returning to France, Israel sees that border agents mocked and deliberately deprived passengers from sleep, especially Thunberg.

The Swedish official said that Thunberg was asked to sign a document by Israeli officials.

“He expressed uncertainty about what the document meant, and he did not want to sign anything he did not understand, E -says E -Post. The official of the Swedish ministry wrote that Thunberg had access to the legal advisor.

Adalah, in an earlier statement about the legal process, although the Israeli officials had the record of the participants again in the aid flotis, activists such as Thunberg were often treated for the first time with the participants for the first time, subject to short -term detention and deportation.

Guardian, Israeli Prison Service, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli Foreign Ministry contacted, but none of them have yet to respond to comments.