Activist Kim Ah-hyun failed to overturn a court decision that invalidated her passport after she attempted to enter the travel-restricted region of Gaza. She was recently released by Israeli forces after being seized aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
The Israeli Embassy in Korea claimed Tuesday that Israeli forces had neither detained nor mistreated Korean activists who were released last week after being captured aboard aid vessels bound for the Gaza Strip.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Monday it has pressed Israel to conduct a thorough investigation into claims by two Korean activists that they were assaulted by Israeli forces after being detained aboard aid vessels bound for Gaza.
Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to bring aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, with several hospitalized with injuries and at least 15 reporting that they were sexually assaulted, including raped.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday it has conveyed concerns to Israel over claims by two activists that they were assaulted by Israeli forces after being detained aboard aid vessels bound for the Gaza Strip.
Two Korean activists who had been aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and seized by Israeli forces returned to Korea through Incheon International Airport on Friday morning. Kim Ah-hyun and Kim Dong-hyeon arrived on a flight from Bangkok, Thailand.
Israel’s national security minister released footage showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla being mocked and handled harshly following the vessel’s seizure in the eastern Mediterranean, drawing international criticism.
Israeli forces have seized another humanitarian aid flotilla, carrying two activists from a Korean civic group, headed for the Gaza Strip, the group said Wednesday.
Israeli forces have seized a humanitarian aid flotilla carrying a Korean activist headed for the Gaza Strip, a civic group said on Tuesday.
A Korean activist has left for the Gaza Strip despite a government travel ban on the territory in the second such incident this year, officials said Sunday.
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