Desk Report: Israel deports 171 people, including Greta Thunberg, to Greece and Slovakia Israel has returned 171 people, including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who were detained by Israeli forces while delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza to Greece and Slovakia. Israel claims that the detainees’ legal rights were upheld. According to the BBC report, the flotilla detained by Israeli forces last week consisted of more than 40 civilian boats. In total, there were about 470 people on board. The flotilla was called the ‘Global Peace Flotilla’. Israel’s Foreign Ministry called…
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Shahidul Alam, the ‘media flotilla’ heading to Gaza with the country’s flag
Desk Report: Israel has seized all the ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla, an international aid flotilla sailing towards the famine-stricken Gaza Strip in Palestine. At the same time, the Benjamin Netanyahu government has placed all the rights activists on the flotilla, which set off from Barcelona, Spain, in detention centers in southern Israel. It was believed that Drik’s managing director and photographer Shahidul Alam was also in the Israeli detention center with the rights activists. However, in a video message posted on his verified Facebook account on Friday (October…
Read MoreGlobal Sumud volunteers detained in Israel on hunger strike
Desk Report: Global Sumud volunteers detained in Israel on hunger strike The Global Peace Flotilla expeditioners detained in Israel have begun an indefinite hunger strike. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) Committee announced this in a statement on Friday. The expeditioners of the mission have begun an indefinite hunger strike to protest the detention of the ships of the Global Peace Flotilla mission and the crew and explorers by the Israeli Navy, the statement said. The 43 ships belonging to the ‘Global Peace Flotilla’ mission set sail from the port of…
Read MoreIsraeli attacks continue on Sumud flotilla, detentions rise to 317
Desk Report: The Israeli navy has attacked the Global Sumud flotilla, an international aid flotilla heading to the Gaza Strip. At least 317 crew members have been detained, the flotilla’s organizers said on Thursday. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported the information. The official flotilla tracker said the Israeli navy had attacked 21 ships. It is believed that 19 more ships were attacked. Four more ships are still sailing towards Gaza. However, Reuters reported that Israel had seized at least 39 ships. The tracker also said that Israeli forces had detained…
Read MoreIsrael seizes 39 vessels from Global Sumud flotilla
Desk Report: Israeli forces have seized at least 39 boats from the Global Peace Flotilla, which was carrying foreign pro-Palestinian activists, including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. Organizers said on Thursday that only one boat was still sailing towards the Palestinian coast. However, the main fleet had lost contact with that boat. Live video, verified by Reuters, showed Israeli soldiers wearing helmets and night vision goggles boarding the flotilla boats. The passengers were sitting in a crowded row, wearing life jackets and holding their hands up. A video released by…
Read MoreSpain, Brazil, Türkiye and Pakistan condemn Israel’s raid on Gaza-bound flotilla
Desk Report: Spain, Brazil, Turkey and Pakistan have condemned the Israeli raid on the Global Relief Flotilla, which is carrying aid from around the world for the starving Palestinian people of Gaza. Israel has detained more than 12 ships in the flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea since Wednesday night. At the same time, the country has detained more than 200 human rights activists from 37 countries on the flotilla. Swedish human rights activist Greta Thunberg has also been detained by the Israelis. On Thursday morning, the flotilla’s live tracker reported…
Read MoreThe Sumud flotilla continues, Israel detains more than 200 activists, including Greta Thunberg
Desk Report: The Israeli navy has tried to stop the Global Sea Flotilla, which is trying to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza, from approaching the Mediterranean coast. However, a spokesman for the flotilla said that the journey is still ongoing. According to the Qatar-based media outlet Al-Jazeera, the Israeli navy has detained at least 200 workers from the international aid flotilla heading to Gaza. Among them is human rights activist Greta Thunberg. The report said that hundreds of workers from different countries around the world are traveling in more…
Read MoreOfficial arrested for withdrawing Tk 1.76 crore using former Land Minister Javed’s check
Desk Report: Former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Jabed has been accused of withdrawing Tk 1.76 crore from four banks using 11 cheques issued in the name of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Mohammad Jahangir Alam, an official of Jabed’s family firm Aramit Group, in this connection. He was arrested from the Aramit Group office in Kalurghat Heavy Industrial Area under Chandgaon Police Station in the city at around 1:45 pm on Wednesday (September 24), said Subel Ahmed, Deputy Director of the ACC Integrated District…
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