Young activists that SVT spoke to have testified about confrontations with the Egyptian security service outside the area where the summit is taking place.
Several of the young people who traveled have also found it difficult to leave the country because of their commitment, according to information to SVT. It is said to have been an interrogation where one was forced to show the contents of a series of encrypted apps – for example Signal.
Beatrice Bucht is here as a representative for Young People in the Countryside, and together with Vladislav Kaim, she also works at the youth pavilion at the climate summit.
“Many are afraid”
Vladislav Kaim agrees with Beatrice Bucht that it is not as usual this year.
– Many are afraid of the security situation, he says.
But the fact that the young people are not heard to the same extent as usual can also be due to several things, says Vladislav Kaim.
– It is expensive to travel far, and many have problems with complicated visa applications.
Hear more young voices about this year’s climate summit in the feature above.