Enormous crowds of anti-racist demonstrators in Walthamstow.
Charlotte England
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Charlotte England
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- UPDATE: Six of the seven remaining detainees from the first flotilla have now arrived in Istanbul, along with many from the second. This means that out of 479 people detained in the first wave, only Reyes Rigo Cervilla remains in prison. Okey Vitalis Nnorom (Nigeria) ✅
- UPDATE: This morning, Israeli police filed an indictment against Spanish flotilla activist Reyes Rigo Cervilla, with a request for pretrial detention. If granted, this means she will not be immediately released. Rigo Cervilla is accused of assaulting a guard in Ketziot prison.
- Six flotilla activists remain in Israeli detention. We believe they are: Christoforos Schuff O'Moore (Norway) Eline Norli (Norway) Samuel Rostol (Norway) Abdeladim Bendraoui (Morocco) Aziz Rhali (Morocco) Reyes Rigo Cervilla (Spain) There is one more we are not sure about and
- A couple of weeks ago, when Israel was torturing illegally-detained British peace activists and journalists, Keir Starmer literally did not care. He said it wasn't his problem. Today, after it emerged that police had decided it wasn't safe to allow Israeli football hooligans to“IDF will Fu*k the arabs Death to arabs, why is there school in Gaza? There are no children left there” Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are hooligans
00:00 - Reyes Rigo Cervilla is free! She was deported to Jordan this morning with activists from the second flotilla.UPDATE: This morning, Israeli police filed an indictment against Spanish flotilla activist Reyes Rigo Cervilla, with a request for pretrial detention. If granted, this means she will not be immediately released. Rigo Cervilla is accused of assaulting a guard in Ketziot prison.
- Happening now: Dozens and dozens of cops line up facing Parliament, twenty minutes before hundreds of protesters are expected to symbolically turn their backs on it and write ‘I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action’ on cardboard signs.
00:00 - There are still at least six UK nationals in Israeli detention, maybe seven. I've been reporting on this for days now and have spoken to several of their families. I'm becoming increasingly concerned for their safety. Conditions inside are really, really bad. The water is
- The Global Sumud Flotilla is still sailing, despite having been approached twice by unidentified vessels - believed to be Israeli navy - in the night. Updates: - It is now approaching 110 nautical miles of Gaza, close the point at which the Madleen was intercepted in June. (The
- Our journalist @kieran_andrieu is in Israeli detention, having been illegally captured alongside 462 other people while trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. Here's what we know so far: - A lawyer from @AdalahEnglish met with him at Ashdod port yesterday, after waiting
- UPDATE: A second flotilla was intercepted unexpectedly in the early hours of last night, much further out than the first - it was still 120 nautical miles from Gaza. Even people on board thought it was probably a false alarm until the very last minute. Eight sailing boats were
- Replying to @CharlottEnglandIt's also worth noting that Israeli authorities have not stuck to their own story about Rigo Cervilla. Initially, they claimed she 'bit a female medical staff member ... after the staff member escorted her back from a routine medical examination'. Now they are charging her
- A second flotilla is now less than 150 nautical miles from Gaza. It’s 145 people on eight small boats and one larger vessel. Despite slowing down, it has already entered the danger zone and is likely to be intercepted tomorrow night - or sooner. People on board the larger ship
- The Forde inquiry found that reporting by the BBC, the Sun, Sky News and the Jewish Chronicle into intervention by Loto in antisemitism cases was “entirely misleading”. But this disinformation proved insurmountable for the Corbyn project. Excellent piece from @jrschlosberg.
