Flotilla member details sexual assault experienced in Israeli detention

Editor's note: This video includes graphic descriptions of sexual violence.

In an interview with Double Down News, Australian filmmaker Juliet Lamont, who participated in the most recent Global Sumud Flotilla action, described the abuse, violence, and sexual assault that she along with other activists were subjected to while arrested by Israeli forces in international waters.

Lamont described being raped by male Israeli soldiers, groped by female officers, and heavily beaten, shackled, and insulted throughout the detention.

In the full interview, she outlined step by step how the Israeli forces illegally intercepted the boats, started amassing "like sardines" the Flotilla's participants, and threw them in a prison-ship where torture of all sorts was committed against them.


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