Israel transfers Gaza-bound flotilla activists to Ashdod port after vessel interception: Rights group

Israel transfers Gaza-bound flotilla activists to Ashdod port after vessel interception: Rights group

Adalah says information about the whereabouts of detained activists ’severely restricted’

Israel transferred activists detained from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla to Ashdod Port after attacking and intercepting the convoy in international waters, the Israeli rights group Adalah said Wednesday.

In a statement, Adalah said the participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla, including “international solidarity activists, human rights defenders, and medical volunteers,” were being brought to the the Ashdod Port following the “unlawful Israeli military interception.”

“Having set sail toward Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid and challenge the unlawful blockade, these civilian participants were forcefully abducted from international waters and taken into Israeli territory entirely against their will,” it added.

Adalah said information about the whereabouts of the detained activists, their legal status, and physical well-being “was severely restricted.”