Argentine activists detained by Israel freed and deported to jordan: Video
After days of uncertainty, the three Argentine activists detained by Israeli forces for taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla have been released and expelled to Jordan, from where they will return to Buenos Aires in the coming hours.
According to Felipe Bertola, son of activist Carlos Bertola, the group — which also includes left-wing legislator Celeste Fierro and former provincial deputy Ezequiel Peressini — was received in Jordan by Uruguayan diplomats, as Argentina has no embassy in the country. “We are asking for their speedy return and their deportation to Argentina. And once they are here, obviously, to keep our eyes on Gaza, because what is happening there is genocide,” Bertola told reporters.
A spokesperson for the Left and Workers’ Front (FIT-U), the political movement to which Fierro and Peressini belong, confirmed that the two will land in Buenos Aires on Wednesday evening, while Bertola is expected to arrive early Thursday morning. Another Argentine participant, Nicolás Calabrese, who has lived in Brazil for a decade, was released earlier over the weekend and has already returned to São Paulo, where he denounced “humiliations and poor conditions” during his detention.
The Global Sumud Flotilla, led by Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg, carried over 400 participants from more than 50 countries aboard 42 vessels with humanitarian aid for Gaza. The flotilla, which sought to break the blockade of the enclave, was intercepted by Israeli forces between Thursday and Friday. More than 300 activists have since been released and deported.
The flotilla’s legal team has accused Israel of “serious abuses” against the detainees, despite the Israeli Foreign Ministry maintaining that “all legal rights were fully respected.” Relatives of the Argentine activists held a press conference in Buenos Aires on Monday, calling for their immediate release and condemning the treatment of those held in custody.
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