Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called for the immediate release of activists detained by Israeli forces during a humanitarian mission to Gaza, Anadolu Agency reports. “Maintaining the imprisonment of Brazilian citizen Thiago Avila, a member of the ‘Global Sumud’ flotilla, is an unjustifiable action by the Israeli government,” Lula wrote on US social media company X. He said the situation “causes great concern and should be condemned by all,” adding that the interception of the activists in international waters violated international law. Israeli forces attacked the humanitarian flotilla on April 30 near the Greek island of Crete, about 600 miles (966 kilometers) from Gaza. The Israeli advocacy group Adalah said Avila and Spanish national Saif Abukeshek […]
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