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Greta Thunberg
The four Portuguese who participated in the Global Sumud flotilha and have been detained in Israel since Thursday should return to Portugal later this Sunday. They say they have starved and thirsty. Israel denies it.
O Israelite government denied that their security forces have mistreated any member of the Global Sumud Flotilla under their custody after some deported activists reported violations of their rights while being detained.
The most prominent case is that of the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.
According to communication sent by the Swedish Foreign Ministry to people close to Thunberg, obtained by the British newspaper The Guardian, Young man reported that he was in a cell full of bugs, dehydrated and without food and water and water.
Turkish activist and member of the flotilha Ersin Celik declared: the Israelite forces “They dragged the little Greta through the hair before our eyes, beat her and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag”.
In response, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel stated that all these statements are no more than “Slaughter lies” And guaranteed that “All the legal rights of the detainees are being fully respected”.
“Greta didn’t complain either To the Israeli authorities about any of these ridiculous and unfounded accusations, because they have never occurred, ”said the Israeli ministry in a brief statement on social network X.
The Global Sumud flotilha-which intended to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza and was intercepted by Israel on Wednesday-consisted of about 450 activists traveling in dozens of vessels.
Most detained activists still await the expulsion of Israeli territory, including Four Portuguese.
Government source told Lusa that deportations of the Portuguese activists should happen Still this Sunday: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs [MNE] organized and treated all the procedures so that the national citizens who integrated the flotilha can return to Portugal, if all goes well, still today. ”
According to MNE, “the definitive confirmation that everything has ran as expected is expected until mid-afternoon.”
The coordinator of the Left Block, Mariana Mortáguathe actress Sofia Aparício and the activists Miguel Duarte e Diogo Chaves They have been detained from the night from Wednesday to Thursday.
According to Portuguese diplomacy, the definitive confirmation of the return “can, however, be given when everyone is inside the plane.”
“This has been the procedure used by the Israeli authorities in the remaining cases [de ativistas de outras nacionalidades]”, Explained the same source of MNE, which referred more information about the arrival of the four activists and after the definitive confirmation.
However, 137 people from 14 countries have already been deported from Israel to Turkey on Saturday. Separately, four Italian parliamentarians were deported and arrived in Rome on Friday.
