Posted 13/06/2025 14:09 | Edited 13/06/2025 18:35
Thiago Ávila, one of the 12 crew members of the Flotilha Liberdade coalition, arrived in Brazil this Friday (13). The Madleen sailboat was heading for the Gaza Strip on a humanitarian mission and was intercepted by the Israeli army on Sunday (8).
After landing in Guarulhos (SP), the activist argued that the Brazilian government breaks relations with Israel. For Ávila, it is urgent that Brazil leaves this “odious ideology”.
He added by saying, “All they have is their weapons, their hatred, their army.” Arriving at the airport, he met again with his wife and daughter of seven months.
After the vessel was barred by Israel, Ávila was arrested and sent to a lonely cell where she stayed for two days. The activist made hunger strike on Tuesday night (10), in protest against his kidnapping by Israeli forces.
On Sunday (8), Ávila denounced that the group of activists – among which were also the Swedish Greta Thunberg – was “risk of concrete life” and that Israel was “about to commit a new war crime.”
The group received assistance from the embassies of their respective countries. This Thursday (12), the Brazilian government issued a note, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirming “with satisfaction” the release of the activist.
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The statement said, although since interception, MRE, through the Brazilian Embassy in Tel Aviv, “acted in order to ensure the safety and physical integrity of the Brazilian. It also maintained frequent contact with their families in Brazil, in order to inform them about the health of the Brazilian and the prospects of their liberation and return”.
In addition, the ministry pointed out that “in the context of the very serious humanitarian calamity situation in the busy Palestine, and especially in the Gaza Strip, whose population suffers from widespread hunger and malnutrition arising from the blockade imposed by Israel, Brazil urges the Israeli government to allow immediate access and without food restrictions and basic subsistence items in the Gaza Strip, in line with the obligations imposed by the right. humanitarian ”.
With agencies
Source: vermelho.org.br
