US EditionEgypt Halts Global March to Gaza, Deports Hundreds of Activists
- Canadian demonstrators and over 200 foreign activists were detained or deported in Cairo in June 2025 during the Global March to Gaza to protest Israel's blockade.
- The detentions followed Egypt's insistence that foreign delegations must have official permits due to security concerns amid warnings from Israel to prevent activist entry near Gaza.
- Participants organized a 50-kilometer march from El-Arish to the Egyptian border with Gaza to call for humanitarian aid access, joined by thousands of volunteers representing over 40 countries.
- Activists reported arrests after interrogations, confiscation of passports and phones, and confinement in crowded rooms, while some deported individuals said authorities knew they intended to join protests despite declaring tourism.
- The detentions and deportations limited activist access to Gaza, underscoring ongoing tensions that sustain the blockade and complicate international pressure for aid delivery to the war-affected enclave.
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Canadians 'detained' ahead of planned global march to Egypt-Gaza border say they're willing to go back again
Canadians who made the journey to the Middle East to join a peaceful global protest to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people say they were “detained” and mishandled in Egypt forcing them to come back. But the ordeal isn't deterring their activism.
About 4,000 people from 80 countries travelled to Cairo with the intention of reaching the Rafah border with Gaza and breaking the humanitarian blockade. However, the co-chair and spokesman for the march, the Spanish of Palestinian origin Saif Abukeshek, was arrested on Monday, 16 June, and deported on Tuesday, 17 June, arriving in Rome at night. The organization denounced the escalation of illegal arrests, abuses and ill-treatment of participan…
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