Tag: Gaza
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OHCHR: UN rights expert welcomes landing of relief vessels in Gaza
To view original report published by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) click here 25 August 2008 The landing of two wooden boats carrying 46 human rights activists in Gaza this past weekend is an important symbolic victory, says Richard Falk, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in…
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Sailing into Gaza
By Huwaida Arraf • August 25, 2008 On Saturday, after 32 hours on the high seas, I sailed into the port of Gaza City with 45 other citizens from around the world in defiance of Israel’s blockade. We traveled from Cyprus with humanitarian provisions for Palestinians living under siege. My family in Michigan was worried…
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Al Jazeera: Inside story- Gaza blockade
Interview with Huwaida Arraf and Ranaan Gissin (Former advisor to Ariel Sharon) regarding the Free Gaza Movement and the siege on Gaza broadcast by Al Jazeera English.
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Free Gaza Movement is at sea again on the 8 mile limit off Gaza Harbour
For Immediate Release SS Free Gaza, with six Palestinian fishermen’s boats, is 8-miles off the coast of Gaza, being circled by three Israeli Dabur naval vessels. No shots have been fired. The fishing boats are continuing to exercise their right to fish and have not turned round, but the Free Gaza has just now turned…
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Free Gaza Movement: On Monday morning, Human Rights Workers go to sea to fish
To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here For Immediate Release Gaza City, Gaza (24 August 2008) – Two days after the SS FREE GAZA and the SS LIBERTY arrived to a jubilant welcome in Gaza, 20 to 25 of the human rights workers will go to sea with the fishermen in a show…