
THE co-founder of Sea Watch says that the captain of the ship that carries out the rescue charity’s work in the Mediterranean has done nothing wrong.
Captain Carola Rackete was arrested by Italian police on Saturday after putting 40 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya on June 12 ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa.
She is now being held under house arrest for defying a law created specifically to stop her from disembarking rescued refugees.

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Israeli media awash with leaks and rumours of Netanyahu’s plans to seize Gaza. Meanwhile, the unrelenting siege of Gaza continues unabated

Mr Smalls and 13 other Freedom Flotilla Coalition activists who tried to break Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza aboard the Handala ship remain in detention and on hunger strike