Tag: Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Open letters on Gaza that The Press shunned – the Handala...
Pacific Media Watch
Two open letters on the genocidal Israeli war against Palestine sent to The Press for publication have been ignored in the continued...
Buttu debunks Israeli ‘myths’ about Gaza siege – ‘vital to break...
Kia Ora Gaza
An international lawyer and former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Diana Buttu, says it is a myth that the siege...
Israel delays Gaza Freedom Flotilla departure with bureaucratic ‘block’
Asia Pacific Report
The Freedom Flotilla is ready to sail to Gaza, reports Kia Ora Gaza.
All the required paperwork has been submitted to the port...
Nelson Mandela’s grandson joins Gaza flotilla, slams ‘genocide complicit’ leaders
Asia Pacific Report
Chief Mandla Mandela, a member of the National Assembly of South Africa and Nelson Mandela’s grandson, has joined the Freedom Flotilla in...
Activists defy Israel with Gaza-bound ‘freedom’ flotilla and humanitarian aid
By Salwa Amor in Istanbul
Palestine solidarity activists are preparing a flotilla to deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid to Gaza, vowing to break Israel's blockade...
‘Stop detracting from Israel’s barbaric crimes’ in Gaza plea from Freedom...
Asia Pacific Report
Hours ago, the news media reported that Israel has attacked Iran. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition publicly declared that it is reminding the...
Rousing farewell for Kiwi doctors flying out to Gaza aid flotilla
Kia Ora Gaza
A passionate haka reverberated through Auckland International Airport as a medical team of three New Zealand doctors received an emotional farewell from...
NZ called on to demand Israel ends ‘inhumane blockade’, and give...
Asia Pacific Report
Three Palestinian solidarity groups have joined the humanitarian aid charity Kia Ora Gaza in calling on New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon...
Three NZ Arab doctors joining Kia Ora Gaza humanitarian aid mission
Asia Pacific Report
Three New Zealand doctors -- two Palestinian and one Iraq-born -- are planning to join the charity Kia Ora Gaza in its...
Kia Ora Gaza reveals more on Freedom Flotilla plans to break...
Asia Pacific Report
A New Zealand charity providing humanitarian aid for Gaza today revealed more details of the international Freedom Flotilla's bid to break the...
Next Freedom Flotilla nearly ready to sail for Gaza with NZ...
Asia Pacific Report
Two of the global Freedom Flotilla ships are being prepared in Turkey and almost ready for the upcoming humanitarian mission to Gaza.
It...
‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza...
Kia Ora Gaza
The head of the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), Bulent Yildirim, has announced that the organisation will head a naval fleet to...
Kia Ora Gaza organiser condemns ‘open genocide’ in Gaza Strip
While telling today's Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland about "good news" over creative humanitarian aid plans to help Palestinians amid the War on Gaza,...
Solidarity medical aid convoy breaches blockade and says: ‘Gaza isn’t alone’
Dr Essam Youssef visits the ambulance in Gaza sponsored by Freedom Flotilla Campaigns. The ambulance is used by the Benevolent Society for People with...
Detained Freedom Flotilla journalist speaks out over Israeli illegal actions
Journalist Richard Sudan speaks out on PressTV.
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A British journalist on board last month's Freedom Flotilla mission to attempt to break the...
Mission accomplished: Why ‘blockade buster’ boats to Gaza still succeed
ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud, recently in New Zealand
When Mike Treen, the national director of the Unite Union in New Zealand, arrived at the airport...
Norwegian human rights activists call for action over Israeli ‘capture’ of...
Norwegian citizen Jan Petter Hammervold, 74, makes a ship-recorded plea before being seized by Israeli forces. He was ship’s cook on board Al Awda...
Dr Swee Ang: We can’t accept this – speak up against...
Dr Swee Ang’s “SOS” call broadcast from the Al Awda as the boat was being hijacked in international waters last week. (Poor quality audio...
Tasered, beaten, handcuffed but Mike Treen says ‘I would do it...
By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland
Unite Union national director Mike Treen arrived in Auckland today and told of his brutal experience at the hands of...
Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Unite union leader Mike Treen, seized and detained by Israeli security forces last weekend along with other human rights campaigners bound...
Freedom Flotilla leader condemns Israeli brutality – Treen in jail
The Al Jazeera interview about the Israeli "hijacking" of the Freedom Flotilla in international waters on Sunday.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Freedom Flotilla Coalition spokesperson David...
Israeli forces blockade the Gaza ‘blockade busters’ – Treen detained
PressTV report - Mike Treen detained.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Israeli forces have reportedly stopped the three-vessel Freedom Flotilla which was nearing the Gaza Strip, report...