All Global Sumud convoy activists released after one-month detention in Libya
The Global Sumud Flotilla coalition vowed to hold the Haftar-affiliated Libyan Arab Armed Forces legally liable for the arbitrary detention, and mistreatment of its members.
The Sumud Black Convoy activists, who have been held captive in inhumane conditions for over a month by Haftar's forces in Libya, are free. Photo: Screenshot
The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) announced on Wednesday, June 24, that all the humanitarian volunteers from its Gaza-bound land convoy have been released. The ten volunteers (known as the Sirte 10) were “unlawfully kidnapped” in late May by the Haftar-affiliated Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi.
The abduction of the GSF human rights defenders provoked an international outcry, demanding their immediate release after reports revealed that they were subjected to mistreatment by their captors.
In protest against the dire inhumane conditions they experienced in detention, the volunteers, who include medical doctors, educators, and journalists, went on a life-threatening “dry” hunger strike, refusing both food and water for several days.
A global hunger strike was also organized by dozens of activists from 13 countries in solidarity with the kidnapped volunteers.
The freedom of the apprehended activists was celebrated globally as a victory of international solidarity, the pressure from the families of the detained activists, social, political and human rights organizations, trade unions, and all the people who demanded their appearance alive and their immediate release.
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