SVT's documentary Persona non grata - Soran Ismail receives criticism from several quarters, including the evening pages' cultural pages.

On Expressen's culture page, Gunilla Brodrej writes

Under the headline 'Persona non grata', SVT invites viewers to the rape accused's perspective in a two-part documentary in gloomy Nordic noir style.

It's time - the backlash after metoo is like a constantly on fan. ”

Tone Schunnesson writes on Aftonbladet kultur:

"The film's attempt to differentiate between Ismail's whereabouts and how he ended up there is not an honest portrayal of anyone trying to move on after a public and crushing shame.

Instead, the film becomes a PR disaster. ”

"No review"

Jorun Collin, editor and project manager for the documentary, says that the most difficult aspect has been not to go into the debt issue and that the focus has been on portraying the limbo that arises when you are not legally convicted, but convicted in the eyes of society.

- It is not a review where we will go to the bottom of what happened.

But we humans are found that way, we want to know what happened.

So it has been very difficult.

There are several who connect the documentary with the fact that Göran Lambertz's press conference was broadcast live, that it is a metoo backlash, what do you say about that criticism?

- It is clear that this program had aroused emotions even if it was broadcast just over a week ago, but now I understand that it is seen in the light of the live broadcast of Lambertz's press conference, she says and continues:

- According to the legal system, he should be considered innocent, at the same time as we know how difficult it is to lead such cases to prosecution and conviction.

I understand that the program arouses anger and commitment.

I hope you can watch the program and keep several thoughts in your head at the same time.

Woman convicted of libel

In the autumn of 2017, Dagens Nyheter reported that three women reported a well-known comedian to the police for harassment and abuse, including rape.

The preliminary investigation into the three reports was later dropped.

In March 2020, a woman was convicted of gross slander after writing in a closed Facebook group that Ismail had subjected her to sexual harassment.