Nicolas Calabrese, a Brazilian member of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), landed on Monday at Rio de Janeiro after being released by Israeli authorities.
Activists gathered to welcome Calabrese at the airport with flags and banners, chanting slogans and cheering at his arrival, while the Brazilian hugged friends and family members after his release.
"The arrest was very violent, a boarding on the high seas, in the middle of darkness, with many rifles, many weapons pointed at us, so it was a terrifying scene," explained Calabrese, adding that "there was little access to water and food at first, and then no access at all, only water and no food. There was constant physical violence, pushing, pulling, and ripping things off."
The flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces last week, with deportations of activists ongoing. Israel has denied the claims of mistreatment made by those detained.
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00:00The world has entered in very intense mobilizations in solidarity.
00:30The message to the world is that the people and governments have to be mobilized, have to have a concrete action to free the genocide in Palestine and to free the political prisoners of the Global Summode Florentina.
00:46They kill children, they kill civilians, they kill more than 66 soldiers.
00:51Well, the detention was very violent.
00:53It was a borderline in alto mar, in the middle of darkness, with many fuzils and many weapons aiming for us.
00:59So it was a scene of terror.
01:01There was a lot of access to water and food in the first moment, and then there was a lot of access to water and food in the first moment.
01:07There was a lot of violence and physical violence constant, push-ups, push-ups.
01:11So it was nothing nice.
01:15Hey, Niko!
01:17Global Summode Florentina!
01:19Sim, a gente acredita que a Global Summode Florentina foi um ponto importante para mais povos do mundo se mobilizarem.
01:26A principal inspiração dessa mobilização toda é a resistência do povo palestino.
01:30A gente não pode esquecer que os palestinos estão resistindo há mais de 77 anos contra esse genocídio com um dos exércitos com mais tecnologia do mundo.
01:38Mas a gente acredita que a Global Summode Florentina foi muito importante para que mais mobilizações aconteçam na Itália e no Brasil,
01:44que ocuparam as universidades, aqui a UFO foi ocupada e muitas outras universidades.
01:48E hoje vim aqui receber o Niko no sentido da solidariedade e da expressão de que nós estamos juntos nessa luta por uma Palestina livre e soberana.
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