We left Santander accompanied by a small boat from the local community that followed us to the entrance to the open sea. We sailed calmly to the vicinity of A Coruña, where we were informed that the berth in port where we were supposed to dock had been canceled. Over the next few hours, our […]
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La Flotilla de la Libertad llega a A Coruña con el barco Handala El 27 de junio el Handala arriba al puerto de A Coruña en su navegación hacia Gaza para denunciar el genocidio en curso, el asedio medieval al que está Israel sometiendo a su población y la ocupación de toda Palestina. Recalará en
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We left La Rochelle on Friday, June 21st, at 3:00. The weather was calm, though that didn’t last. Overnight things got rather “roughy”, as Capt. Wellu likes to call it, and by noon, most of us were under deck again. Capt. Wellu, Bob, and Youssef worked around the clock to navigate around the storms. We
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Nota de prensa Plataforma Cántabra de apoyo a la Flotilla de la Libertad Martes 18 de junio, 2024. CANTABRIA RECIBE AL HANDALA, EL BARCO QUE NAVEGA RUMBO A GAZA PARA PONER FIN AL GENOCIDIO Con el lema “Juntos romperemos el asedio en Gaza”, el barco Handala, cuya tripulación está formada por activistas de todo el
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On our way to La Rochelle, we were followed by the French Navy. After a while, they established a communication with Handala where they asked us a number of questions. After that, they left us as we kept our journey to our destination. Also en route to La Rochelle, we were informed that we had
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We said our last goodbyes to the town of Cobh, one of the ports of Cork, Ireland and followed the River Lee. Our course took us back toward the Scilly Isles and across the west end of the English Channel to France and the Rade de Brest. As we entered French waters we were
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Cliquez ici pour lire en français ‘Handala’ about to Land in Brest, France: Warm Welcome and Exciting Events Await We are thrilled to announce that ‘Handala’ is about to reach Brest, France! The ship is set to arrive and host a series of events from June 12th to 15th. In anticipation of our arrival,
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After participating in several events in Rotterdam, the crew took a few days to carry out various maintenance on the boat. There was a very strong storm on the English channel which was not allowing Handala to set off. Finally, facing severe waves and very strong winds we sailed a very challenging trip for the
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John Turnbull from Canada is aboard the Handala during its English Channel voyage to Ireland and France. In 2018 he was the captain of the sailing vessel Freedom. Sailing and history have always been two passions in his life. Raised as a Unitarian, he has also been an activist for justice. Working with the Canadian
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I am Wellu Koivisto, 56 years old, from Finland. I am a human rights and environmental activist. I have been working for peace, the environment and human rights for more than 40 years. I have sailed the seas of the world for thousands of days. I was a participant in the Freedom Flotilla’s 2012 mission
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