Rights group says Gaza flotilla activists facing abuse in Israeli jail

<article data-history-node-id="439561" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/rights-group-says-gaza-flotilla-activists-facing-abuse-israeli-jail" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/rights-group-says-gaza-flotilla-activists-facing-abuse-israeli-jail" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Rights group says Gaza flotilla activists facing abuse in Israeli jail </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="line-height:1.38">Two activists from the Gaza-bound aid flotilla who were kidnapped by Israeli forces over international waters have been detained and are facing psychological abuse, death threats and poor conditions in Israeli prison, a rights group representing them said on Monday.</p> <p>One of the activists, Brazilian national Thiago Avila, has reported being “subjected to repeated interrogations lasting up to eight hours" where "interrogators have explicitly threatened him, stating that he would either be ‘killed’ or ‘spend 100 years in jail’,” rights group Adalah said in a statement after its attorneys visited both activists in detention.</p> <p>An Israeli court will decide on Tuesday if the imprisonment of Avila and Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek be extended further.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Brazilian activist Thiago Avila gestures upon his arrival at a court in Ashkelon on May 3, 2026. Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="261bf440-ea7a-4c91-8474-cda4b81e320a" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_A9MY7NR.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Brazilian activist Thiago Avila gestures upon his arrival at a court in Ashkelon on May 3, 2026. Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Brazilian activist Thiago Avila gestures upon his arrival at a court in Ashkelon on 3 May 2026 (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img alt height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>