Freed Gaza flotilla activists allege beatings and sexual assault by Israeli forces

At least 15 activists reported sexual assaults including rape; multiple detainees hospitalized with injuries from beatings, tasering, and fractures; detainees subjected to sleep deprivation and inhumane conditions.

In international waters off Gaza, fifty aid ships were intercepted by Israeli forces and their four hundred thirty passengers taken into custody — an act that has since become the subject of grave and widening inquiry. The activists, now released, carry with them accounts of beatings, sexual violence, and deliberate degradation that place this episode within the long, troubled history of what states do to those who challenge their power at sea. Israel denies every allegation, but Germany, Italy, and the United Nations have begun asking the questions that denial alone cannot close. What is at s

Freed Gaza flotilla activists allege beatings and sexual assault by Israeli forces

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