UN rights office raises concern over reported ill-treatment of detained Sumud activists
The UN human rights office said Monday it had received “worrying information” about the treatment of participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla detained by the Zionist forces.
“We have received worrying information of ill-treatment and violations of due process rights of the flotilla participants,” spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan told the Anadolu agency.
He added that the office “has long raised the alarm regarding the intentionally degrading conditions” in the occupation’s prisons and detention centers.
Swiss and Spanish activists from the international flotilla said they were subjected to inhumane conditions during their detention by Zionist forces.
Among the nine members of the flotilla who arrived home in Switzerland, some talked about sleep deprivation, lack of water and food, as well as some being beaten, kicked, and locked in a cage, the group representing them said in a statement.
Swedish activists on Saturday said that climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was shoved and forced to wear the occupation’s flag during her detention, while others said they had clean food and water withheld and had their medication and belongings confiscated.
Separately, 170 flotilla activists have been deported on Monday, and of the 309 still in custody were expected to be freed in the next 24 hours.
