Environmental activist Greta Thunberg claimed that she is being subjected to harsh therapy underneath Israeli custody after detention and removing from a flotilla vessel carrying support to Gaza, reported the information portal The Guardian, citing a correspondence on Saturday, 4 October 2025.
An electronic mail despatched by the Swedish Overseas Ministry to individuals near Greta Thunberg talked about that an official who visited the activist in jail said that she claimed to be detained in a cell infested with bedbugs, with restricted meals and water.
“The embassy has been capable of meet with Greta,” mentioned the Swedish overseas ministry electronic mail. “She knowledgeable of dehydration. She has obtained inadequate quantities of each water and meals. She additionally said that she had developed rashes, which she suspects have been attributable to bedbugs. She spoke of harsh therapy and mentioned she had been sitting for lengthy durations on laborious surfaces.”
In line with the information portal’s report, the Israeli forces additionally allegedly pressured them to carry flags, though the id of the flags stays unknown.
“One other detainee reportedly advised one other embassy that they’d seen her [Greta Thunberg] being pressured to carry flags whereas footage have been taken. She puzzled whether or not pictures of her had been distributed,” mentioned the ministry officers, cited within the information portal’s report.
What do different activists say?
Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant within the Sumud flotilla, advised the native information portals that the Israeli authorities allegedly dragged Greta Thunberg by her hair earlier than their eyes, beat her, and compelled her to kiss the Israeli flag.
“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair earlier than our eyes, beat her, and compelled her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did the whole lot possible to her, as a warning to others,” ErsinÇelik advised native information portals.
In line with the company report, Lorenzo D’Agostino, a journalist and one other flotilla participant, claimed that Thunberg was “wrapped within the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy.”
Greta Thunberg is amongst 437 activists, parliamentarians and legal professionals who have been a part of the World Sumud flotilla, a coalition of greater than 40 vessels carrying humanitarian support to Gaza. Israeli forces intercepted all of the boats and arrested each crew member onboard, based on the media studies.
Earlier than, activists detained by Israel weren’t criminally prosecuted, however now, based on the legal professionals from the NGO Adalah, the activists have been detained, water, sanitation, remedy and quick entry to their authorized representatives, in clear breach of their basic rights to due course of, neutral trial and authorized illustration.
