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#FreedomFlotilla III: 47 Participants on Four Boats Sailing Now | #NextPortGaza

Coalition statements / FFC bénévole des médias

Freedom Flotilla III, consisting of four boats, the converted fishing trawler \”Marianne of Gothenburg\” and the supporting sailing vessels “Rachel”, “Vittorio” and “Juliano II”, carrying 47 people from 17 countries, has been sailing since Saturday morning (Gaza time) to challenge the blockade of 1.8 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Our primary goal is to […]

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Freedom Flotilla III sets sail: #NextPortGaza

Coalition statements / FFC bénévole des médias

Passengers transferred to boats on Friday afternoon / Photo: D. Lampropoulos Today, June 27th 2015, four boats of the 2015 the Freedom Flotilla III set sail from their final European points of departure. Through nonviolent resistance they will challenge the illegal blockade of the Palestinian Gaza strip, which is running on its 9th year, sailing

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Freedom Flotilla III is Sailing to Open the Port of Gaza

Coalition statements / FFC bénévole des médias

More than three boats, with more than 50 crew and passengers from about twenty countries are prepared to reach the port of Gaza and call on the international community to open it This year’s mission, organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition against the blockade and the siege of Gaza, is about to sail to highlight

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Freedom Flotilla III will sail during the first half of 2015

Coalition statements / FFC bénévole des médias

Former Tunisian President affirms that he will be on board Tunis, March 30, 2015 Representatives of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and partner organizations traveled to Tunis last week where they participated in the World Social Forum. During the WSF they met with several Palestinian and Tunisian civil society organizations. FFC representatives were also received

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A new Freedom Flotilla will sail

Coalition statements / FFC bénévole des médias

Athens, December 8, 2014 The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate. Israel is not being held accountable for the damage it caused during its assault on the strip nor for the commitments it made as a part of the Egyptian brokered agreement to end hostilities. The port of Gaza remains closed and borders remain

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The Freedom Flotilla Coalition to Sail to Gaza Again

Coalition statements / FFC bénévole des médias

August 12, 2014 The Freedom Flotilla Coalition to Sail to Gaza Again: Responding to the Israeli aggression and the complicity of world governments The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) met in Istanbul in the shadow of the latest Israeli aggression on Gaza. We have watched atrocities being committed against an already besieged population. In the two

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FFC planning a new Flotilla to Gaza

Coalition statements / FFC bénévole des médias

July 28, 2014 for immediate release The Freedom Flotilla Coalition Condemns Israeli Attacks on Gaza, Ongoing Blockade, and International Complicity Planning to launch new Freedom Flotilla to Challenge Blockade

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On the death of Uğur Süleyman Söylemez

Coalition statements / FFC bénévole des médias

All members and supporters of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition express their condolences to the loved ones of Uğur Süleyman Söylemez, who died today after 4 years in a coma. He was brutally shot during Israel\’s illegal boarding of the Mavi Marmara on May 31, 2010.

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Our response to terrorist attack: we will sail in the Fall!

Coalition statements / FFC bénévole des médias

Statement from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition on the terrorist attack on Gaza\’s Ark For immediate release London, May 12, 2014 The Freedom Flotilla Coalition met in London over the last two days to discuss future plans in the wake of the terrorist attack on Gaza\’s Ark in the port of Gaza, as well as future plans

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International meeting in response to Gaza emergency

Coalition statements / FFC bénévole des médias

La Spezia, Italy, November 3rd, 2013 As the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza passed its 2,300th day and as the effects of this blockade are magnified by an Egyptian crackdown on the Rafah tunnels and crossing, representatives of more than a dozen of international organizations met in La Spezia, Italy to organize against the blockade

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