On June 20, #WorldRefugeeDay, Palestinian climate campaigners, Search and Rescue workers, and civil society & activists launched The Madleen Declaration! The Freedom Flotilla in the Mediterranean showed us clearly that border violence, environmental destruction, and the genocide in Palestine are all connected. Civil society organisations and activists call for a transformative social, environmental and political […]
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All Madleen Volunteers Out of Prison and Headed Home After Unlawful Detention by Israel Monday June 16, 2025. For immediate release Occupied Palestine — The Freedom Flotilla Coalition confirms that all the international human rights defenders and journalists that were aboard the civilian aid ship Madleen are now en route home. The twelve were forcibly
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10 June 2025 *21:00 Jerusalem Time* Eight of the twelve international volunteers from the Madleen appeared today before an Israeli Detention Review Tribunal at the Ramleh detention center. The other four had already been deported. Israel is treating all 12 as if they “illegally entered” the illegal settler state, despite abducting them from international waters
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Passionate about video reporting and investigation, Yanis Mhamdi is a journalist-director at Blast, a French independent media outlet. He was in the West Bank where he shot his next film, “Alice in Settlerland.” Previously, Yanis directed the documentary “Netanyahu: Portrait of a War Criminal,” which screened in French theaters in 2024. Yanis Mhamdi is recognized
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Malta, May 20, 2025 – The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) announces two significant developments in the aftermath of the May 2 Israeli drone attack on the Conscience in international waters. Firstly, we are relieved to confirm that the remaining 12 crew members who remained stranded at sea have now safely returned to their home countries. After
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In December 2024 representatives from 14 campaigns of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition came together in Istanbul for strategic planning and to stand with our national campaign in Turkiye, who have been holding a sit-in at Haydarpasa Port in Istanbul since September. This protest has continued for 100 days, calling for the release of our ships
1. So, what happened to the boats that were sailing to Gaza with the much needed humanitarian aid to break the siege? 2. Well, let me tell you what happened… 3. For the last 7 months anesthesia for surgeries, medication for the sick, crutches, food and clean water have been stranded here in Istanbul 4.
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For Immediate Release: 11 November, 2024 As we grieve those massacred by Israel and its allies in the last year, the FFC continues to work to break the siege of Gaza and educate the world about the atrocities in Gaza. Early in 2024 three “Break the Siege” ships were ready to overcome the illegal Israeli
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Farewell Vangelis Pissias, one of our Greek comrades who dedicated his life to Palestine. He was instrumental in the Free Gaza Movement’s first sea mission to break the siege on Gaza in August 2008 when two fishing boats defied Israel’s blockade and became the first international vessels to reach the port of Gaza without the
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