Coalition statements

*MEDIA UPDATE: All Unlawfully Detained Flotilla Activists Released from Ktziot Prison Ahead of Deportation* Adalah has received official confirmation from the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) and state officials that all detained Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) and Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) activists have been released from the Ktziot detention facility and are currently en route to

Adalah Update: Adalah attorneys, together with a team of volunteer lawyers, have just left Ashdod Port (Wednesday evening 20 May) after providing legal consultation to hundreds of unlawfully detained flotilla participants. Due to the severe access restrictions, the lawyers were not able to see all of the detained participants. Adalah can confirm that all of

Israeli authorities are predictably lying about the violence their forces used against peaceful, unarmed civilians aboard the flotilla. In the final moments before Israeli forces disabled cameras and internet communications, livestream footage clearly shows Israeli commandos opening fire on at least two civilian vessels. While we cannot yet confirm the type of ammunition used, we

PRESS RELEASE Freedom Flotilla Coalition Launches Boats for New Phase of Gaza Flotilla Mission For Immediate Release May 13, 2026 FFC Media Contact: David Heap (English, français, español) [email protected] On May 13, 2026, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) is launching five vessels — Adalah, Kyriakos X, Lina Al Nabulsi, PERSEVERANCE and Tenaz Love Aqsa Bangladesh

[May 9, 2026] The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) welcomes the imminent release from Israeli detention of our colleagues Thiago Ávila and Saif Abukeshek, who were unlawfully abducted by Israeli forces from civilian flotilla vessels in international waters and held under punitive conditions for over a week. Their release is a victory over Israel’s attempts to

STATEMENT The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) mourns the passing of Teresa Regina de Ávila e Silva, the mother of our detained colleague, human rights defender Thiago Ávila. Our hearts are with Thiago and his family in this moment of profound loss. Thiago and Saif Abu Keshek remain unlawfully detained following Israel’s violent attack on civilian

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