HBO did not want to put on an interview with Kulturnyheterna, but answers our questions in a collective, written statement:

Warner Bros.

From the very beginning, ITVP Sweden and HBO Europe have respected the sensitivity that prevails for the documentary series Knutby: In blind faith.

The entire production team treated the people from the former Knutby parish with compassion and integrity throughout the process ”.

That image is not shared by "Isak" and "Klara", which are actually called something else.

They are two of the people who fell victim to the violence in Knutby, and in the documentary series, their 112 conversations and testimonies from trials are published despite their refusal to participate.

Both today see the TV series as a journalistic abuse - something they tell about in Kulturnyheter's review of the documentary.

Follows Swedish law

"There is no legal requirement to obtain approval from" Isak "or" Klara ", HBO continues in its unsigned press release.

HBO further claims that Klara's testimony from the trial is a public statement, and that they do not publish her real name.

As for Isak, HBO claims that it has an audio recording where Isak approves the publication of the 112 call.

The company has not let SVT take part in this.

But here are the versions of what happened apart.

Isak believes that HBO publishes much more of the alarm call than he approved, and the documentary team themselves admit that they published his name, picture and pictures of his gunshot wounds without informing him about this.

More about this can be read in the review.

Unable to report

HBO Nordic is not affiliated with the media ethics system in Sweden, which means that private individuals who are harmed by their publications cannot report them to the Review Board, to have the matter tried.

SVT receives no answer to the question of how HBO views that crime victims who feel hanged can not report them.

When asked why they did not join the media ethics system, HBO answers that there are no legal requirements to do so.

"We do not consider it necessary or appropriate to make further statements, as we are anxious to avoid further potential suffering for the many people affected by the tragedy that occurred in the Knutby parish," the company concludes.