Protesters in Spain condemn police handling of Gaza flotilla activists
Around 2,000 protesters marched after police scuffles at Bilbao airport, while Basque authorities opened an investigation and Amnesty International called for a thorough review.
- On Sunday, around 2,000 protesters marched through Bilbao to condemn Basque police treatment of Gaza aid flotilla activists returning from Israeli detention.
- Tensions erupted at Bilbao airport on Saturday when a police officer forcefully prevented a relative from approaching six returning activists, with TVE images showing officers striking people with batons and pinning others to the ground.
- Organisers alleged on Friday that detainees suffered abuse in Israeli custody, with at least 15 reporting sexual assaults; Israel's prison service denied the allegations, and Reuters could not independently verify the claims.
- The Basque regional police force launched an investigation on Sunday into officer conduct, while the Israeli Embassy in Spain demanded an "explanation" from the Spanish government and Amnesty International called for a thorough investigation.
- Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video Thursday mocking the activists while detained, prompting Spain and other Western governments to express anger over the footage.
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Protesters in Spain condemn police handling of Gaza flotilla activists
Around two thousand protesters took to the streets of the Spanish city of Bilbao on Sunday to condemn the Basque police's treatment of activists from a Gaza aid flotilla on their return from detention in Israel.
Hundreds of people have traveled the streets of the capital of Biscay to protest the performance of the Ertzaintza at Loiu airport at the arrival of Flotilla activists
Spain "sends provocateurs to Israel and then condemns Israel for its legal actions to reinforce its legal naval blockade (to Gaza), while at the same time the Spanish authorities used serious violence against those same participants of the Flotilla" Read
About two thousand protesters left the streets of the Spanish city of Bilbao on Sunday (24) to condemn the treatment given by the Basque police to activists of a flotilla of aid to Gaza in their return from detention in Israel. When a relative of one of the six returning activists tried to approach them at Bilbao airport on Saturday (23), a policeman forcibly stopped him, which led to fighting between the two sides, according to images of the st…
Amnesty International has demanded an “exhaustive investigation” and a “surrender of effective comptes” per les càrregues de l’Ertzaintza against activists of the Global Sumud Flotilla a l’arribada a l’aeroport de Bilbao. In a comunicat publicat a X, l’organització ha qualificat de molt greu que agentes de la police basca colpegessin amb porres “de repetente” persones que ja havien stat tombades i eren a terra. Amnesty International ensures that…
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