Freedom Flotilla

Mavi Marmara Report

7/4/2010

Mavi Marmara Report available for download.

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Flotilla incident highlights need for radical shift on Gaza, says UN envoy

6/15/2010

A top United Nations official today stressed the need for a fundamental change in the situation in Gaza, noting that the recent tragedy involving an aid flotilla intercepted by Israel is just another reminder of why the blockade of the Strip is unsustainable and must end.

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Gaza flotilla inquiry must comply with standards, UN expert says

6/11/2010

Any inquiry set up by Israel to investigate the Gaza flotilla incident which led to the deaths of nine civilians must be given a genuine capacity to find facts or it will not be considered credible, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions said today.

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Gaza - Citizen Voices from 26 Countries in Europe

6/4/2010

The Israeli Defence Force responded to signs of peace with acts of war. It attacked a flotilla of boats in international waters that carried people and humanitarian goods. It destroyed precious lives. Brutality has not stopped there. Ordinary Palestinians awaiting much needed help have been victimized yet again.

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Israeli army murders 19 unarmed civilians and injures 80 onboard 'Freedom Flotilla' to Gaza

5/31/2010

In the early hours of this morning (Monday 31st May 2010) a peaceful flotilla of boats carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza was attacked in cold-blood and with brutal force by the Israeli army.

Live video footage taken by humanitarians onboard the ship shows masked Israeli gunmen rappelling from army helicopters onto the deck of the boat where they are then said to have opened fire on the unarmed civilian’s on board.

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PRC condemns Israel Crimes against 'Freedom Flotilla', Israeli attacks are crimes against Humanity

5/31/2010

The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) in London condemns the Israeli piracy attacks against the civilians on boards of Freedom Flotilla.

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“Friends of Humanity” condemns Israeli aggression on Freedom Flotilla

5/31/2010

Friends of Humanity International has denounced military operations by Israeli occupation army against the Freedom Flotilla in international waters, which caused tens of civilian activists to be killed and wounded.

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FIOE: "The attack on the Freedom for Gaza Flotilla is an act of blatant piracy and a horrific massacre"

5/31/2010

In the very early hours of this Monday morning, Israeli military forces by - premeditated decision of their government - committed a gross and bloody act of piracy against the “Freedom Flotilla”; ships that had embarked from several European ports aiming to take humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people in Gaza, who are suffering under a strangling and immoral blockade.

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Media Review Network and Muslim Judicial Council (South Africa): "Aid Flotilla under Israeli Military Attack"

5/31/2010

The Media Review Network (MRN) and the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) express their deep shock and disgust at Israel’s latest show of force, in attacking the flotilla of aid ships carrying much needed aid to the beleaguered, besieged and imprisoned Palestinians.

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Urgent call from journalists and television presenters on board the Freedom Flotilla

5/31/2010

We the journalists, reporters and television photographers on board the Freedom Flotilla coming from various European ports to Gaza, regard with utmost gravity the verbal threats and attacks which took place against us in recent hours from the Israeli government and its forces in recent hours.

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Press release of the media delegation aboard the ship 'Eight thousand'

5/28/2010

We, journalists and freelance video reporters aboard the ship "Eight thousand", which is a part of the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza Strip, consider any Israeli aggression against us as a serious violation of freedom of the press, enshrined in numerous international conventions.

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The European Campaign: “We will sue Israel, which acts as if it is waging a war”

The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG), which is based in Brussels, has strongly condemned the Israeli Government’s decision to seize the eight vessels making up the “Freedom Flotilla” that is heading for Gaza Strip and to arrest all the more than 750 supporters onboard. ECESG views the decision as an escalation that will have grave consequences.

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