The newspaper has spoken with Ulf Kristersson during his visit to Skåne on Wednesday. The Prime Minister says that the government takes what the activists say seriously, but that they "have only heard their description".
We do not take anything like that lightly. It is clear that we do not act solely on this information. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs will look into the matter if we get more information about what has happened.
On Tuesday evening, the activists, whose ship was on its way to Gaza and was boarded by the Israeli military, held a press conference at Sergels torg in Stockholm. Several of the activists stated that they had been subjected to physical abuse in the Ketziot prison.
69 people were crammed into a twelve square meter cage in the scorching sun for five hours and they threatened to gas us several times, said activist Ipshita Rajesh.
Greta Thunberg also stated that they had been denied access to water and subjected to torture in other ways, but said that she did not want to focus on what she personally had been subjected to.
Regardless of what we say, there is nothing that works - there is nothing that leads to action from our governments, she said.
Ulf Kristersson has previously made it clear that he thinks the Swedish activists did wrong by trying to get to war-torn Gaza. He still holds that opinion even after what has come to light.
The fundamental question is: should one travel to places that are very dangerous? We do not think that one should do that. If one has still done so and things happen that should not happen, then we will of course look into this.
