Six activists from Gaza aid flotilla remain in Israeli detention
The Israel-based Adalah legal centre says the jailed aid activists are citizens of Norway, Morocco, and Spain and promised to continue “to demand their immediate release”.
“Six participants who were aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, unlawfully intercepted and detained on their way to Gaza amid the ongoing genocide, remain in Israeli detention,” a statement said.
Lawyers submitted requests to Israeli authorities to visit the detainees on Wednesday if they remain in custody. Israeli media earlier reported that authorities extended the detention of Spanish activist Reyes Rigo Cervilla for one week.
Last week, Israeli naval forces seized a flotilla of more than 40 boats heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade of the enclave, detaining more than 470 activists from more than 50 countries.
Reyes Rigo, a Mallorcan woman who has been accused by the Israeli police of biting a civil servant's hand during a medical examination, for which she will remain detained until Wednesday.
Gaza-bound Conscience braces for Israeli interception
The Conscience is the latest ship in the Freedom Flotilla Coalition to sail across the Mediterranean Sea towards Gaza, carrying aid and nearly 100 medics and journalists.
The mission follows Israel’s interception of a previous flotilla last week.
