This morning, 10 May 2026, Adalah, FIDH member organisation, received formal confirmation that Global Sumud Flotilla leaders Thiago Ávila and Saif Abukeshek have been released and deported, and are no longer in Israeli custody.

While they are now free, Adalah and FIDH condemn the entire process as a flagrant violation of international law. From their abduction in international waters to their unlawful detention in total isolation and the ill-treatment they were subjected to, the Israeli authorities’ actions were a punitive attack on a purely civilian mission.

IMAGE: BURAK AKBULUT / ANADOLU Anadolu via AFP

The Global Sumud Flotilla (SA) chapter, the SA Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Coalition and numerous other supporting organisations invite you and your organisation to participate in the protest action scheduled to take place in Richards Bay, Kwazulu-Natal, the site where ships load South African coal to deliver to apartheid Israel.

Transportation arrangements confirmed with registration, here 👉🏾 https://forms.gle/55huzracmv3Qpyqs5

This Richards Bay protest action is the centrepiece of a national campaign over Nakba Day, 15 May & 16 May 2026.

Be there! This is our moment!