Swedish Embassy Meets Activists in Israeli Desert Prison

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Swedish Embassy Meets Activists in Israeli Desert Prison
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Representatives from the Swedish embassy in Tel Aviv have met the Swedes in the prison Ketziot in the Negev desert, reports TV4 News.

Ten Swedish activists, including Greta Thunberg, from a convoy with the purpose of bringing aid to Gaza, have been deprived of their freedom and are in prison, according to the organization Global Movement to Gaza.

"We do not go into further details with reference to consular secrecy", the Ministry for Foreign Affairs writes to TV4.

About 40 vessels with hundreds of people from different countries traveled in the convoy. All vessels have been boarded by Israel and the activists have been deprived of their freedom. The Ketziot prison is located in southern Israel near the border with Egypt.

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