Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

August 3, 2018

First Nation elder on his way home, after Freedom Flotilla to Gaza attacked by Israeli military


Larry Commodore, Sto:lo First Nation, on his way home, after he was injured and imprisoned when the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza was attacked by Israeli military

By Canada Boat to Gaza
Censored News
Larry Commodore, elder and former chief of the Stó:lō First Nation (near Chilliwack, B.C.) is finally on his way home. Larry is shown on the right of the photo next to the Palestinian ambassador to Italy and Canadian participant Kathy Wazana and John Turnbull, skipper of the Freedom, last week in Palermo. He was among the participants from the Freedom Flotilla vessel Al Awda (The Return) which was attacked and violently captured by the Israeli Occupation Forces on Sunday. Larry and others were held in unlawful detention in an Israeli prison until today, and is now on his way how to family and supporters. Press and the public are asked to direct inquiries to our media spokespersons http://canadaboatgaza.org/contact-us/

The Freedom Flotilla spokesperson said Larry's foot was injured when Israeli military attacked the lead boat, and Larry spent the first night in the hospital, before being transferred to Givon Prison in Israel. -- Censored News

Update: New details on the attack by Israeli military. Freedom Flotilla passengers were tasered, beaten and imprisoned. Al Jazeera journalists remain in Israeli prison.
https://jfp.freedomflotilla.org/news/violence-of-attack-on-al-awda-becomes-clearer-hunger-strike-freedom-is-coming

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