Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard has addressed the status of Swedish national Greta Thunberg and the 11 other activists illegally taken into Israeli custody, Al Jazeera reports.

In comments carried by Swedish media, Stenergard emphasised that Sweden’s government has long advised against travel to Gaza and the activists bear “clear personal responsibility”.

“The government’s current assessment is that the activists are not in danger and there is no need for consular support,” she added.

Activist Thunberg recorded a video before her capture.

“I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces … I ask all my friends, family, and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to release me and the others as soon as possible,” she said.

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