Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian.

According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown.

In an email sent by the Swedish foreign ministry to people close to Thunberg, and seen by the Guardian, an official who has visited the activist in prison said she claimed she was detained in a cell infested with bedbugs, with too little food and water.

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    11 hours ago

    Greta has been the one to face all sorts of public backlash and moronic criticism for how she looks. I hope that history remembers her work and commitment to saving human life, for the sake of saving human life.

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      9 hours ago

      History will remember her for being based as hell. Going this hard on Gaza really legitimizes her climate activism as caring about human life. And taking huge personal risks which are not just blocking a highway.

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      7 hours ago

      the problem is that she is a white, blonde girl with a cool active (I mean lively) personality, it should have nothing to do with looks.

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      People will never miss the chance to tear down a woman’s look and dismiss her work. Its a constant of nature.