AOHR UK to EU and UK Gov’t: Hold  Israel accountable for its maritime piracy

Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) has addressed a series of letters to international institutions and officials, including the European Union, the European Parliament, and the UK Foreign Office, regarding the escalating crimes committed by the Israeli occupation in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly the repeated acts of maritime piracy targeting humanitarian aid flotillas in international waters, as well as the documented assaults against international human rights activists. In its letters, AOHR UK highlighted that on 29th April 2026, Israeli occupation forces carried out an act of piracy in international waters off the coast of Crete, during which they detained 345 activists from 39 countries aboard the Sumoud Flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip. Only weeks […]