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Egyptian authorities punish two activists for Palestinian solidarity work

4 July 2009 For Immediate Release: Natalie Abou Shakra, Lebanon/UK, and Jenny Linnell, UK, two International Solidarity Movement activists who came to Gaza as part of the Free Gaza Movement voyages, both British nationals, were prevented from exiting the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Crossing on the 28th of June, 2009 by the Egyptian border […]

July 5, 2009
Interview from a kidnapped passenger, Adie Mormech

Free Gaza Movement 4 July 2009 Adie Mormech, one of over 21 human rights workers and crew taken prisoner on Tuesday 30th June when their boat was forcibly boarded by the Israeli navy, has spoken by mobile phone from his prison cell at Givon jail, Ramle, near Tel Aviv. Amongst the other prisoners from the […]

July 4, 2009
Letter from an Israeli jail, by Cynthia McKinney

Free Gaza Movement 4 July 2009 This is Cynthia McKinney and I’m speaking from an Israeli prison cellblock in Ramle. [I am one of] the Free Gaza 21, human rights activists currently imprisoned for trying to take medical supplies to Gaza, building supplies – and even crayons for children, I had a suitcase full of […]

July 4, 2009