Saif Abu Keshek

Saif Abu Keshek is a humanitarian aid flotilla activist who was recently abducted by Israeli authorities along with another activist, Thiago de Avila. The United Nations rights office has demanded their immediate and unconditional release, citing disturbing accounts of severe mistreatment. Despite these demands, an Israeli court has extended their detention. Lawyers representing Abu Keshek and de Avila are appealing this decision, condemning it as an act of "the state's lawlessness." The activists were part of a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla, and their detention and alleged mistreatment have drawn international attention and calls for investigation from the UN.