The Palestinian legal aid organization Adalah confirmed that all\nactivists of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) and the Freedom Flotilla\nCoalition (FFC) detained by Israel have been released from Ketziot\ndetention facility, with one Israeli citizen remaining. All are\ncurrently in the process of deportation.<\/p>\n
In a formal statement, Adalah asserted that Israel\u2019s operation\u2014from\nintercepting the ships in international waters to the detention of\ncivilian activists\u2014constitutes a clear violation of international law.\nThey said participants in the humanitarian mission experienced\nsystematic torture, humiliation, and arbitrary detention.<\/p>\n
The release of the volunteers was described as the result of work by\na legal team of more than 100 lawyers assembled by the Global Sumud\nFlotilla organising committee.<\/p>\n
Most of the activists have been moved to Ramon Airport to be flown\nout of Israeli territory. Adalah\u2019s legal team said it would continue to\nmonitor the transfer to ensure all flotilla participants can be deported\nwithout further delay.<\/p>\n
Although most foreign activists have entered the deportation phase,\nlegal proceedings are still ongoing against one activist of Israeli\ncitizenship, Zohar Regev. A hearing for Regev was held at the Ashkelon\nMagistrates\u2019 Court.<\/p>\n
Israeli authorities accuse Regev of \u2018illegal entry into Israel\u2019,\n\u2018residing illegally\u2019, and attempting to breach the Gaza blockade.\nAdalah, however, says these charges contradict the facts on the\nground.<\/p>\n
According to Adalah\u2019s legal team, Regev was forcibly taken by the\nIsraeli military from international waters to Israeli territory while on\nroute to Gaza with the humanitarian mission to oppose the blockade\ncausing a hunger crisis and suffering for Palestinians.<\/p>\n
Adalah states that it now represents Regev in court and is demanding\nthe immediate unconditional release of the activist.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/breaking-news-all-global-sumud-flotilla-volunteers-released-from-ketziot-prison-1779542652", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }