SEVEN OF MARIANNE ACTIVISTS STILL KIDNAPPED IN ISRAEL

London, 15 Ramadhan 1436/ July 2, 2015 (MINA) –  The International Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza (ICBSG) expressed on Thursday its deep concern over the Israeli continued detention of seven activists, who were on board the Flotilla boat Marianne while on its way to Gaza.

Earlier Wednesday, Israeli authorities informed Freedom Flotilla Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky of their intention to release three of Marianne activists identified as the Norwegian Herman Rekesten and the two Canadians, Robert Lovelace and Kevin Neish, Palestinian Information Center quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA).

The seven remaining Marianne activists still in Israeli prison are: Nadya Kevorkova, Russia, Kajsa Ekis Ekman, Sweden, Joel Opperdoes, Sweden, Gustave Bergstrom, Sweden, Jonas Karlin, Sweden, Charlie Andreasson, Sweden, Ammar Al-Hamdan, Norway, Mohammed El-Bakkali, Morocco, Dror Feiler, Sweden, and Ruwani Perera, New Zealand.

Coordinator for the committee Zaher Birawi called for the immediate release of all the activists who are still illegally held in Israeli detention centers.

He also revealed that the committee embarked on consultations with a number of attorneys and experts in the international law to prosecute Israel for its piracy of Freedom Flotilla 3 and for detaining the participants.

On Monday, Israeli navy attacked the Marianne that leads Freedom Flotilla 3 in international waters, 100nm from Gaza, during one of its usual acts of state piracy, kidnapping 18 participants on board including the former Tunisian president el-Moncef el-Marzouki.(T/R04/R03)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)