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View all search resultsBrazilian activist Thiago Avila returned to Sao Paulo on Monday following his detention and deportation from Israel, where he alleged he was tortured and witnessed abuses of Palestinian prisoners during 10 days in custody.
Israel deported two activists, Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national, and Brazilian Thiago Avila, on Sunday after arresting them aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla in international waters, the foreign ministry said.
Indonesia and 12 other countries collectively condemned Israel’s last week interception of the Global Sumud aid flotilla bound for Gaza and the subsequent detention of humanitarian activists in international waters, calling the move a violation of international law.
The ships make up part of a second Global Summud flotilla to try in recent months to break an Israeli blockade by carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza. They sailed from the Spanish port of Barcelona on April 12.
Most electoral lists are aligned with President Mahmoud Abbas's secular-nationalist Fatah party or running as independents, with no lists affiliated with Fatah's archrival Hamas.
The Foreign Ministry said all medical facilities "must be respected and protected" under international humanitarian law and called on Israel to cease actions that endanger civilian infrastructure.
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