Grace Mathisen is an activist, land defender, and sailor from so-called Vancouver. Before joining the Freedom Flotilla Coalition for the 2026 Spring Mission, she worked at Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia. Her personal sailboat is moored in Musqueam Territory. Grace is anti-imperialist, anti-war, and anti-extractivist. When she’s not challenging Canada’s enablement of the ongoing Israeli […]
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Violet CoCo, from so-called Australia, first engaged in activism in 2018. Starting with environment and expanding to First Nations justice, human rights & peace. She speaks out against the settler-colonial genocide in her home country & centres First Nations voices in every one of her actions. She is courageous & has been arrested many times
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My name is Gemma and I’m a 23 year old from Naarm/melbourne in the colony of so-called Australia. I was a first year melbourne university student when the post-Oct 7th 2023 genocide commenced. I learnt more and more about Palestine while being part of the UniMelb4Palestine encampment and occupation where we successfully forced our university
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Helen O’Sullivan, 65, a grandmother of eight, is a social work field educator and human rights activist from Bundjalung Country (Gold Coast, Australia). She has been a registered Mental Health First Aid Instructor for over 20 years and brings more than four decades of experience working with people in crisis in remote and diverse communities
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected] Freedom Flotilla Coalition Condemns the U.S. Attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla [May 5, 2026] The United States’ recent statement threatening the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) is nothing more than a shameful regurgitation of Israeli propaganda, designed to criminalize nonviolent resistance to Israel’s crimes. The U.S. foreign policy apparatus has
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The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) expresses grave concern for the safety and well-being of human rights activists Saif Abu Kishek and Thiago Ávila, who were abducted by Israeli commandos following the unlawful attack on Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) vessels on the high seas. Their kidnapping, transportation to Israel, and continued arbitrary detention are egregious and
Asun (Asunción Estriégana Martín), tiene 65 años y lleva más de 20 años involucrada en el activismo a favor de los derechos del pueblo palestino. En 2011, tras el asalto al Mavi Marmara, se une a la campaña del Estado español Rumbo a Gaza/FFC siendo pasajera del Guernika. Desde entonces y hasta mediados del pasado
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Freedom Flotilla Coalition Condemns Grotesque Sexual Assaults by Israeli Forces Demands Accountability Amid Systemic Culture of Impunity It recently came to light that Israeli police and prison officials sexually assaulted and raped a participant on the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s recent mission challenging Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza. The assault occurred following Israel’s unlawful military attack
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10, December 2025 Contact: Hay Sha Wiÿa, FFC Press Officer WhatsApp: +1 210-834-8155 [email protected] Freedom Flotilla Coalition Meets in Dublin, Announces Expanded 2026 Sailings to Gaza and Calls for Escalated Global Action [DUBLIN, Ireland] The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), together with global initiatives working to end Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, concluded
Freedom of the Press Foundation interviewed journalists who were abducted in international waters and taken against their will to Israel and imprisoned.
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