The journalists' unions in Estonia, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden have together signed a statement criticizing the prosecution against the filmmaker Henrik Evertsson and his colleague Linus Andersson.
It was in September 2019 that the team behind the documentary Estonia - the find that changes everything, lowered a diving robot and filmed at Estonia and found a previously unknown hole in the hull.
- This is international water and journalists should be able to work, says Ulrika Hyllert, chairman of the Swedish Journalists' Association in Sweden.
The documentary about the ship Estonia on Dplay has attracted enormous attention.
Even before the premiere, Estonia demanded new investigations into the wreck.
Both SD and KD want to revoke the peace of the grave to enable new dives on the wreck and on Wednesday, Interior Minister Mikael Damberg (S) announced that he is no stranger to allowing new investigations.
Two Swedes in court
But two of the Swedes behind the documentary: the journalist Henrik Evertsson and Linus Anderson, operator of underwater equipment, were charged last summer with violating the peace.
On January 25 next year, the main hearing will begin in Gothenburg District Court - it will be the first time the law is tried and the accused risk two years in prison.
Estonia is located on international waters, but to protect the wreck, there is special legislation based on an agreement between several Baltic Sea states that Sweden has signed.
Hear the journalists 'unions' criticism in the clip.