Gaza Flotilla Activist Details Being ‘Beaten’ by IDF Soldiers
Activists say Israeli forces beat detainees, used solitary confinement and made unauthorized injections before deporting them, with dozens hospitalized and 30 broken bones reported.
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Gaza flotilla activist details being ‘beaten’ by IDF soldiers
A British man has exclusively told Channel 4 News about the beatings and violence he says he was subjected to by Israeli soldiers. Karim Awad was part of the 500 people from all over the world who attempted to break the blockade of Gaza last month with a flotilla of over 50 craft. But when they were detained and forcibly brought ashore in Israel, he and many members of the international crew say they were subjected to horrific beatings. And a wa…
Israeli soldiers raped her. Australian customs threatened her
A Gaza flotilla activist was raped and tortured by a foreign military; her own country ransacked her luggage, seized her phone and laptop. Andrew Brown with Juliet Lamont’s story. Hold two images in your head at once. The first. An Australian citizen, face down on the deck of an Israeli naval vessel in international waters, cable tied and shackled, soldiers standing on her legs, a rifle butt smashing into her head each time she turns her face aw…
Torture, abuse, sexual violence: Freed Gaza flotilla activists speak
Israeli military forces captured the latest convoy of humanitarian aid ships sailing to Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSM) between late April and mid-May. Activists who were imprisoned by Israel for days and eventually deported have reported harrowing treatment by their captors, including targeted torture, abuse, broken bones, unauthorized injections of undisclosed substances, and sexual violence by Israeli soldiers. We speak with a panel…
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