Flotilla Participants Beaten and Raped Claims Under Investigation

Australian activists claim they were kidnapped, raped and tortured after being detained in May.

كانت النتيجة أن واحدا من كل 3 مشاركين يوافق على أنه يتعين على النساء تحمل العنف من أجل استمرار الأسرة.

وقالت منظمة "عدالة" ... CNN إن محاميها وثّقوا شهادات من مشاركين أفادوا بتعرضهم للهجوم بالصواعق الكهربائية والرصاص المطاطي، والضرب المبرح الذي يُشتبه في أنه تسبب لهم بكسور...

تعتقد أنك تعرضت أو شاهدت سلوك التحرش الجنسي غير المرغوب فيه على أساس الجنس أو التوجه الجنسي أو الهوية الجنسية من قبل أحد موظفي المدينة.

Coups, humiliations, agressions sexuelles, privations : les membres de l’organisation propalestinienne Flottille pour Gaza racontent une escalade de la violence lors de l’interception de leurs navires par les forces israéliennes.

Des violences physiques, en plus ... Les membres de la flottille ont annoncé porter plainte dans chacun des pays dont les ressortissants sont issus et comptent documenter l'ensemble des violations qu'ils ont subies...

Cette fois, la cinquantaine de bateaux étaient partis de Turquie en vue de briser le blocus de Gaza, avant d'être arraisonnés en haute mer par l'armée israélienne, mains en l'air, jetant leur téléphone par-dessus bord, tous s'attendaient, une fois arrêtés, à ne pas être ménagés. "Nos avocats reçoivent depuis des années des plaintes de mauvais traitements et de violences contre les activistes.

As is occurring with all forms of resistance to the Zionist State, retaliation against activists is escalating. Participants on the most recent flotillas have been subjected to abuse, torture and rape perpetrated by the Israelis with near impunity.

Israel has also dismissed reports ... proven to be false”. Reports of rape and sexual abuse by several Australian flotilla participants were also initially dismissed by the Australian government, but on June 16 after finally ...

Floyd said: “The evidence will bear out that we were sexually assaulted, beaten and tortured.” ... He said hospital records in Greece and Turkey, where the activists were taken, will show they were brutalised and can present evidence of bruises, scratches and other injuries. He said he saw Israeli troops shoot three flotilla participants with rubber bullets after navy commanders stormed their vessel near Greece on April 29, and that their wounds became infected with maggots.

In testimonies presented before the Australian Parliament and submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Lamont alleged she was bound with cable ties, subjected to waterboarding techniques, and raped by an Israeli soldier. Other participants described being stripped of their clothing, held at gunpoint in shipping containers, and subjected to severe beatings that left dozens of international volunteers with broken bones.

"At least 40 of our comrades on the prison boat had broken bones, there was about 15 sexual assaults," flotilla participant Juliet Lamont said from Istanbul following deportation to Türkiye.

Israel has rejected the allegations. Its embassy in Australia said there was “no credible evidence” to support the claims, described the activists as “professional provocateurs,” and said that the accusations had “already been proven ...

“Currently, no credible evidence has been submitted to the embassy of Israel to suggest that any flotilla participants were sexually assaulted,” the embassy said in a statement this month.

Senator Wong has raised the allegations multiple times with Israel and advocated for an “independent and transparent investigation”, her office confirmed. As I have documented extensively on this website, it is almost certain that the participants have been lying about their experiences. Their physical appearances and inconsistencies in their stories simply do not add up. Here’s a reminder as to just a few examples: 1/ How do you know the flotilla participants are lying?