Spain’s Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, called on Saturday for the immediate release of an activist detained by Israel after the Israeli Navy intercepted an aid flotilla bound for Gaza in international waters.
Saif Abukeshek—of Palestinian origin and holding dual Spanish and Swedish citizenship—was detained for questioning in Israel on Saturday alongside Thiago Ávila, from Brazil. A legal aid group indicated that both men had begun a hunger strike.
The Greek Coast Guard picked up dozens of other activists following the Israeli action, and they were transported to the island of Crete.
An Israel-based legal advocacy group, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel—or Adalah—stated that it had visited the two men at a detention center in the Israeli port city of Ashkelon. It indicated that both men said they were on a hunger strike after allegedly being repeatedly beaten while in custody.
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