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Israel deports 29 more Gaza aid flotilla activists

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A man lights a flare as people gather outside the Tunis-Carthage International Airport on October 5, 2025, to welcome back some of the Tunisians who were sailing with the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF).
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Israel has deported a further 29 activists detained by the navy last week for taking part in a flotilla that sought to deliver aid to blockaded Gaza, the foreign ministry said on Sunday (October 5, 2025).

The flotilla, which set sail in late August, marked the latest attempt by activists to challenge the Israeli naval blockade of the territory where Israel has been waging an offensive since Hamas’ October 2023 attack. Israel says that the blockade is legal and has called the flotilla a provocation.

Israel has so far deported at least 170 of the more than 450 activists it detained. The government has faced accusations of mistreatment, including allegations that some activists were denied access to their lawyers – claims that the foreign ministry denies.

ISRAELI LEGAL CENTRE SAYS SOME ACTIVISTS ALLEGE ABUSE

The foreign ministry on Sunday (October 5) said that the legal rights of the activists were being “fully upheld” and that some had chosen not to sign deportation orders waiving their right to a 72-hour delay, which would have allowed them to be deported sooner.

Adalah, a legal center in Israel representing the activists, said some of those detained have alleged abuse and physical violence while in Israeli custody. Other accusations of mistreatment include being denied medical treatment and medication, and in one case, a Muslim woman was allegedly forced to remove her hijab and was offered a shirt as a replacement.

Asked about the allegations, an Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson accused Adalah of “repeating outright lies”.

“All the detainees’ legal rights were fully upheld, and they were all given access to water, food, and restrooms. They were not denied access to legal counsel, and of course, no physical force was used against them,” the spokesperson said.

ISRAELI OFFICIALS REPEATEDLY DENOUNCE FLOTILLA

The Greek foreign ministry said its ambassador had visited its 27 citizens who had been detained and that they were all in “good health”. The ministry said the Greek nationals were expected to be deported on Monday (October 6).

The South African government also said a delegation had visited its detained citizens, who were reported to be in “good health and high spirits”.

Israeli officials have repeatedly denounced the flotilla as a stunt. As it sailed closer, Israel had offered to transfer to Gaza the aid the flotilla was carrying in coordination with a foreign government. Israel’s foreign ministry has said that a “small quantity” of aid had been carried by the flotilla.

The flotilla organisers have said that claims it was carrying “little to no humanitarian aid” were false. A new flotilla comprising 11 vessels is attempting to make its way to Gaza, including a vessel carrying medics and journalists.

Published – October 05, 2025 11:21 pm IST

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Greta Thunberg Detained In Brussels For Blocking Road During Protest

admin — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 15:23:26 +0000

The rally was calling for the European Union to end subsidies on Fossil Fuels.

Brussels:

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was among dozens of protesters detained Saturday for blocking a road in the Belgian capital at a demonstration against fossil fuel subsidies.

An AFP journalist saw the iconic Swede — who has previously been detained for civil disobedience at protests in various countries — carried away by police after refusing to leave a sit-in.

Thunberg, 21, was part of a smaller group of demonstrators who broke away from a march organised by the United for Climate Justice movement that began outside the European Parliament.

The rally was calling for the European Union — headquartered in Brussels — to end subsidies for fossil fuels to achieve its ambitious goal of making the continent carbon neutral by 2050.

“This will not happen without an immediate phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies,” climate activists, scientists and economists wrote in an open letter to EU leaders.

“Until these necessary changes occur, people will continue to take to the streets to make our voices heard and hold you accountable.”

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Greta Thunberg Detained By Cops At Dutch Protest Against Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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Greta Thunberg was chanting songs with the group as they initially came to an abrupt stop.

The Hague:

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by Dutch police on Saturday after she and a group of marchers blocked a main road in The Hague to protest against fossil fuel subsidies.

Thunberg and other protesters of the Extinction Rebellion environmental group were seen sitting in a waiting bus, while police were continuing to make arrests, an AFP correspondent said.

Thunberg earlier joined several hundred protesters as they walked from the Dutch city centre to a field next to the A12 arterial highway leading out of the city.

The highway was the scene of previous protests by Extinction Rebellion with activists closing it off from traffic before police deployed water guns and made arrests.

But on Saturday dozens of police officers, including some on horseback, blocked the group from entering the highway, warning that “violence could be used” should the marchers try to get onto the road.

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Carrying XR flags and placards saying “Stop fuel subsidies now!” and “The planet is dying!”, protesters were then locked in a tense standoff with police who formed a wall of law enforcement.

Some protesters then found another route and blocked a main road close to the highway — which leads from the seaside city of The Hague to the central city of Utrecht.

Thunberg, dressed in a grey top, black trousers and blue shoes, joined the group at the start and was chanting songs with the group as they initially came to an abrupt stop.

“It’s important to demonstrate today because we are living in a state of planetary emergency,” Thunberg told AFP as police blocked marchers.

“We must do everything to avoid that crisis and to save human lives,” she said.

At least one protester was arrested earlier and dragged away to a waiting police van, an AFP correspondent saw.

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Asked whether she was concerned about police action and arrest, Thunberg said: “Why should I be?”

Activists said that despite majority backing by the Dutch parliament as well as broad popular support to slash fossil fuel subsidies, “the plans will not be implemented before 2030, or even 2035”.

“Meanwhile the ecological crisis continues to rage and the country’s outgoing cabinet pretends that we have all the time in the world, while the crisis is now,” XR said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter.

The protest, added XR, was part of a plan to pressure the Dutch government ahead of another planned debate about fossil subsidies in June.

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