SHOWING that cloddishness that we have come to expect from them, Israel鈥檚 detention of the activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla was a coarse and violent affair. Having been intercepted in international waters on route to Gaza to break the Israeli-imposed blockade, the 470 or so activists, hailing from some fifty countries travelling on 40 boats, were duly taken...
Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam, along with all journalists, health workers, human rights defenders, and crew members of freedom flotilla vessels, is being detained at the Ketziot Prison, located in the Negev desert of Israel, says a press release issued by Drik.
Israel must guarantee the safety and human rights of all individuals aboard the Conscience and other vessels of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition intercepted on Wednesday, a United Nations expert said on the day in Geneva.
Acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer and rights activist Shahidul Alam, the lone Bangladeshi aboard the flotilla vessel Conscience, on Tuesday said that they were just 70 nautical miles from the 鈥榬ed zone鈥� on their way to Gaza and fearing arrest by the...
Brazil said Tuesday 13 of its citizens detained by Israel on a Gaza aid flotilla were on their way home...
Israel said it deported on Monday 171 more activists who were detained while taking part in an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg...
The government of Bangladesh on Friday condemned the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was carrying humanitarian assistance for the people of Gaza, by the Israeli occupying forces in international waters.
Protesters around the world on Friday railed at Israel鈥檚 interception of a flotilla carrying aid for Gaza鈥檚 besieged Palestinians, urging greater sanctions in response.
Eleven more ships are sailing towards the Gaza Strip in a bid to break the years-long Israeli blockade there, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition web site.
People staged protests on Friday in the capital Dhaka and several other places in the country against Israel鈥檚 assault on the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza before being attacked and seized by Israeli forces.
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the arrest of 鈥榤ore than 20 foreign journalists鈥� by Israel following the interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and called for their immediate release.
Israel on Friday deported four Italian activists, the first of hundreds detained from an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, shortly after the interception of a final boat brought an end to its mission.
Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship Conscience has entered the Palestinian time zone.
Bangladesh on Friday described the Israeli interception of the 鈥楪lobal Sumud Flotilla鈥� in the international water as an act of flagrant violation of international law and a brazen manifestation of Israel鈥檚 use of hunger as a weapon of war.
The only remaining boat in a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza sailed towards the war-torn Palestinian territory on Friday, after Israeli navy interceptions of its fellow vessels drew worldwide protests.
Bangladeshi citizens on Thursday condemned the Israeli forces for intercepting several ships and detaining hundreds of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aids to the besieged Gaza Strip.
Acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam said on Thursday afternoon that they continued to sail amid inclement weather as well as intimidation to Gaza with 鈥楥onscience鈥� vessel, the largest one in the Global聽 Media Flotilla, although all of the...
Bangladesh Youth Synergy Alliance has announced a protest rally condemning the Israeli attack on the Sumud flotilla and the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
Israel said on Thursday it would deport pro-Palestinian activists on an aid flotilla intercepted at sea as they headed towards Gaza, adding that none of the vessels had breached its maritime blockade of the territory.
Israeli naval forces on Wednesday intercepted a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, ending its latest bid to break an Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory.
Bangladeshi photographer, activist and founder of Drik, Shahidul Alam, will join the Media Flotilla as a part of Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a global coalition formed to highlight the inhumanity of the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza.
A flotilla bound for Gaza carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists set sail Monday from Tunisia after repeated delays, aiming to break Israel鈥檚 blockade and establish a humanitarian corridor to the Palestinian territory.
Activists on a Gaza aid flotilla that alleged it was targeted by a 鈥榙rone attack鈥� off Tunisia overnight said Tuesday they remained 鈥榙etermined鈥� to reach the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
A flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, prepared Sunday to leave from Barcelona to try to 鈥榖reak the illegal siege of Gaza鈥�, organisers said.
Greta Thunberg said she and a Palestinian activist group plan to sail a new flotilla loaded with humanitarian aid to Gaza to break the 鈥榠llegal Israeli siege鈥�.
