Arfin,
Greta Thunberg and 11 other activists — including a French Member of the European Parliament, Rima Hassan, and Omar Faiad, a journalist with Al Jazeera — were recently illegally arrested and detained while trying to deliver aid to starving civilians in Gaza.
They were in international waters and breaking no laws. There were no weapons onboard. The aid that was confiscated included baby formula, medical supplies, and food. Yet even now, 8 of these individuals remain imprisoned and are awaiting trial. Thunberg and 2 others have been deported.
Right now, 2 million people in Gaza are at risk of starvation. Around 90% of the Gaza population has been displaced, often multiple times. Upwards of 55,000 people have been killed — primarily children, women, and elderly individuals, and sometimes even at official food distribution sites when trying to access meals.
For the past 11 weeks, they have been under a total siege, with Israeli military forces intensely restricting any food entering the embattled area. They have also blockaded the area since 2007. That's why Thunberg and her fellow activists joined with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition to raise awareness about this deadly, illegal blockade.
Delivering humanitarian aid is a moral act that is protected by international law. And it is against that law to block aid, or to seize and imprison people who distribute aid.
Sign the petition to demand that the international community — especially the nations these 12 activists are from — speak out against this siege and demand the distribution of life-saving food and medical supplies in Gaza!
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