The fourteen Tunisian participants in the Soumoud flotilla, intercepted by the Israeli Navy while trying to break the blockade of Gaza, arrived this Tuesday morning in Jordan, after several days of detention.
According to the Legal Committee for Support for the World Flotilla for Gaza (Global Sumud Flotilla), the Jordanian authorities received, via the border post of the Pont du Roi Hussein, the last group of Tunisian participants, in the presence of Tunisian diplomatic representatives.
The delegation, composed of 14 Tunisian citizens, includes: Syrine Ghrairi, Fidaa Othmani, Mouheb Snoussi, Mazen Abdellaoui, Louay Cherni, Khalil Habibi, Achref Khaouja, Jihad Ferjani, Nabil Chennoufi, Mohamed Amine Hamzaoui, Yassine Gaidi, Wael Naouar, Ghassan Henchiri and Mohamed Ali.
The same convoy also allowed the release and the transfer of participants from Algeria, Morocco, Kuwait, Libya, Jordan, Pakistan, Bahrain, Turkey and the Sultanate of Oman.
Ill -treatment, physical and psychological violence
The Legal Committee welcomed the resistance and firmness of participants of different nationalities in the face of what he described as “crime as an abduction in international waters”, charged to the Israeli authorities.
Passengers of the flotilla, according to the press release, suffered from ill -treatment and physical and psychological violence during their detention in Ketziot prison, one of the harshest prison centers in the country.
The Committee also paid tribute to the lawyers of the Adalah association, which ensured the legal follow -up of the case despite the lack of means and the restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities. Their work, underlines the press release, made it possible to obtain precise information on the situation of the prisoners and to guarantee their transfer safely to Jordan.
Tunisian activists’ repatriation in Tunisia is scheduled for today, Tuesday, October 7. Since then, arrests, detentions and repatriations have been made by successive waves: ten Tunisians have already been repatriated Sunday in Tunis-Carthage.
