“We are speaking about a level of violence that by international law is designated as torture.” Lubna Tuma, a lawyer with the Adalah legal centre, described the brutal conditions two activists are subject to in Israeli detention. Thiago Ávila and Saif Abukeshek were kidnapped by Israel in international waters last week and have reportedly been beaten, threatened with death and kept in extreme cold. The pair were attempting to sail to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid amid Israel’s genocide. Several countries have called for their release and described their detention as illegal.

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