This Monday Israel He has stopped a coalition vessel Freedom flotilla heading Loop To try to deliver Humanitarian aid. Aboard MADLEEN They were Twelve activists From different countries that have been arrested and, according to the coalition, they will be transferred to an Israeli prison.
Among the detainees is the young activist Greta Thunberg and a Spanish, Sergio Toribioresponsible for the maintenance of the boat that left several days ago from the port of Catania (Italy).
Other activists such as Rima Hassan, Reva Viard, Pascal Raymond Maurrenas, Yanis Mhamdi, Baptiste Andre, Thiago Avila, Yasemin Care, Huseyin Suayb Ordu Ordu and Mark Van Rennes have also been captured.
The Riojan carries more than a decade doing activism of this type and has participated in the migrants rescue in the Mediterranean by the hand of organizations as it is Watch or SOS Humanity.
It is not the first time that he faces such a situation, because He was sentenced in 2021 by Denmark After participating in a protest against the Whale killing in the Faroe Islands.
In interviews in other media, Toribio explained that he came to activism after the 2008 crisis ended his work in construction and had to reinvent himself. It was then that he began to study to train Naval Mechanical and has been embarked on the fight for the conservation of the Mediterranean.
Just before being captured by Israeli forces, Toribio recorded a video message with his mobile phone in which he says he has been “Kidnapped” and ask to pressure the Government of Spain “to ask for my release as soon as possible.”
Israel has assured that all detainees are healthy and saved and that he asked the Madleen to change the course before his arrest because He was approaching a restricted area.
