Above photo: Anadolu Agency.
The Global March to Gaza reports that hundreds of independent activists and organizations from around the world were violently deported by Egyptian authorities. Police and officials at Cairo Airport violated the activists; human rights. They not only deceived them by requesting their passports to enter, but also kept them waiting and detained in the security checkpoint for more than six hours. After several hours, they beat women and men forced them to leave the airport on buses and did not return the belongings of some of the deportees.
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The Egyptian government indiscriminately expelled the activists, returning them to Istanbul.
The activists came from various backgrounds, including the coordinator of the International Platform for Solidarity with the Palestinian Cause, journalist and activist Hindu Anderi, and popular communicator Rome Arrieche.
The Global March continues despite about 170 people facing delays and deportations at Cairo Airport. Our legal services are working on these cases, as we have all complied with the legal requirements of the Egyptian authorities.
Meanwhile, thousands of march participants are already in Egypt, ready to begin the journey to El Arish tomorrow and then continue on foot to Rafah, where we hope to arrive this Sunday.
Activists and solidarity organizations called for demonstrations at Egyptian embassies on June 15 to protest their complicity with the Israeli terrorist regime, preventing the entry of humanitarian aid and ignoring initiatives benefiting the Palestinian people.
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