The Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO) issued a statement regarding the Israeli attack and piracy against the Global Sumud Flotilla, which included a wide range of activists working in various fields, including parliamentarians, diplomats, human rights activists, unionists, artists, athletes, and civil society activists from around the world.
The statement, signed by more than sixty Palestinian and Arab NGOs, demanded the immediate release of the detained activists Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila have been
It called on the international community to take action against the occupying power and hold it accountable for this crime, which it considers another link in the chain of crimes it commits against the Palestinian people and against activists who support them in their struggle for freedom, dignity, and justice.
Civil society organizations reiterate their appreciation for the role of resistance activists and call for more solidarity campaigns with our people to strengthen their inalienable and legitimate national rights in the face of the occupation and its crimes against our people.
The following is the text of the statement with the names of signatories Civil Society Organizations:
Civil society organizations salute the activists of the Global Sumud Flotilla and condemn the occupation's piracy and demand the immediate release of the detained activists Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila
Civil society organizations salute the organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), consisted of dozens of ships carrying hundreds of international solidarity activists.
The flotilla included a broad and distinguished group of activists working in various fields, including parliamentarians, diplomats, human rights activists, unionists, artists, athletes, and civil society activists from around the world.
These activists express the will of freedom fighters in the face of the occupation's arrogance, in defiance of the siege, and in condemnation of the genocide perpetrated by the occupation army against Gaza, which it continues to perpetrate in various forms.
While we salute the spirit of determination and struggle of this elite group fighting for human rights and upholding the banner of freedom, we condemn in the strongest terms the acts of piracy committed by the occupation navy, which involved storming the ships, abusing the activists, and arresting some of them.
What happened should compel the world to take action against the occupying power and punish it for this crime, which is yet another link in the chain of crimes it commits against our people and against activists who support them, as this is a matter of freedom, dignity, and justice.
Civil society organizations reiterate their appreciation for the role of steadfast activists and call for more solidarity campaigns with our people to strengthen their inalienable and legitimate national rights in the face of the occupation and its crimes against our people and demanding the immediate release of the detained activists Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila.
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List of signatories:
AL Harah THeater
Al Sattar Garbee Association for Developing Countryside and Farmer
Al-Ataa Charitable Society
Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights –Gaza
Al-Firdaws Association for Women and Child Development
Al-Haq
Alliance Relief and Development Association
Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights
Al-Yasser Association for Child and Women's Service
Amman Center for Human Rights Studies (ACHRS)
Arab center for Agricultural Development (ACAD) /Ramallah – Gaza
Aseel Association for Development
Association for the Protection of Female Workers from Violence
Baitona For Community Development
Bisan Center for Research and Development
Bisan Charitable Society
Brilliant Tomorrow for Homes Sons Society
Center for Legal Research, Consulting, and Protection of Women
Disability Representative Body Network
Dr. Haider Abdel Shafi Center for Culture and Development
Future Association for Development and Environment
Future Development Commission
Gaza Community Mental Health Programme
Gaza Urban & Peri-urban Agriculture Platform
Health Work Committees
Horizons Association for Development and Progress
Housing and Land Rights Network
International Commission to support Palestinian People’s Rights
International Movement for Human and People's Rights
Jabalia Rehabilitation Society
Labor Resources Center
Ma'an Development Center/Gaza
Ma'an Development Center/WB
Mashareq charatiy Associtaion for Development and Improvment
National Society for Rehabilitation
NAWA for Culture and Arts Association
Palestine Avenir For Childhood Foundation
Palestinian Agricultural Development Association
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)
Palestinian Developmental Women Studies Association
Palestinian farmer Association
Roya Assosiation For Development Abilities
Salsabeel Association for the future of women and children
Teacher Creativity Center
The Arab Center for Agricultural Development/ACAD
The Center for the Defense of Freedoms and Civil Rights (Hurryyat)
The Freedom Theatre
The General Union of Palestinian Persons with Disabilities, North Gaza
The International Movement for Human and Peoples’ Rights (IMHPR)
The Jordan Network for Human and Peoples' Rights (JNHPR)
The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy – MIFTAH
The Palestinian Working Women Society
The Society for Care of the Handicapped
The Society of Women Graduates in Gaza Strip
Union of Health Care Committees
Union of Palestinians Women's Committees
United Cultural and Social Association
Watan Association for Heritage and Family Development
Yafa Youth Center Association
