Testimonies collected from participants in World flotilla and Al-Soumoud Maghrebintended to break the blockade imposed in Gaza, reveal serious abuses committed by the Israeli occupation forces against arrested activists, notably Tunisians, according to several international media.
According to several survivors, Inmates from the Maghreb, especially Tunisia, have undergone brutal and inhuman treatmentgoing as far as torture. Some of them continue A hunger strike since last Thursdayas a sign of protest against the violence suffered and arbitrary detention, reports Mosaic FM in this sense.
In a press release published this Sunday, The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) expressed his “deep indignation and anger”Faced with the aggression suffered by Yassine Gaïdimember of his executive office, tortured in the occupation prisons.
The SNJT condemns “a barbaric act” against Yassine Gaïdi
The union denounces “Acts of barbarism and inhuman treatment”Having led to serious physical injuries, while calling for Immediate and unconditional release Of all the journalists detained as well as activists arrested during the humanitarian mission of the flotilla.
“We call all the living forces in Tunisia and around the world to intensify pressure on the occupation authorities and their alliesin order to obtain the release of all the hostages and the legal translation of the managers of these crimes, ”said the press release.
The case arouses a Wave of indignation in Tunisiawhere several citizens’ organizations and collectives have expressed their solidarity with the activists of the flotilla.
Support gatherings are expected in the coming days in Tunis and in several cities in the country, in order to demand the protection of Tunisian nationals held by Israel and the International condemnation of violence against participants in the humanitarian mission.
