quarta-feira, 2 de junho de 2010

Unclear when Israel will release Swedes



Seven Swedes from the Ship to Gaza flotilla are still being held in Israeli jails, following the release of author Henning MankellGreen MP Mehmet Kaplan andDr Victoria Strand.
Mankell, Kaplan and Strand returned to Sweden last night. It was unclear at lunchtime on Wednesday when the other activists would be allowed home.

Gaby Lasky, lawyer for one of the prisoners, said she did no yet know how many Swedes would be allowed to leave Israel today. 

A spokeswoman for the Ela jail said that 77 people were currently being bussed to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, with a further 110 prisoners expected to be released later on Wednesday.