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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…
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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…
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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…
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UN’s Richard Falk: IDF seizure of Gaza-bound ship is ‘criminal’
Ha’aretz 3 July 2009 A United Nations human rights investigator on Thursday called Israel’s seizure of a ship carrying relief aid for the Gaza Strip “unlawful” and said its blockade of the territory constituted a “continuing crime against humanity”. Israeli authorities on Tuesday intercepted the vessel, which was also carrying 21 pro-Palestinian activists, and said…
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Action Alert: protests in front of Israeli embassies tomorrow
2 July 2009 For Immediate Release London, 2 July, (ECESG) – The European campaign to end the siege on Gaza (ECESG) called today for international human rights organizations and lobbying groups to organize large protests in front of Israeli embassies across Europe in solidarity with activists of Free Gaza Movement. Activists onboard of the humanitarian…
