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Canadian demonstrators detained in Egypt during Global March to Gaza
- Dozens of Canadian activists traveled to Egypt in June 2025 to join the Global March to Gaza, aiming for a peaceful protest to lift Israel's blockade.
- The march follows Israel's total blockade of Gaza since March 2, 2023, and Egypt’s security measures restricting unauthorized border crossings.
- About 4,000 volunteers from over 80 countries, including roughly 80 Canadians, faced detentions and deportations by Egyptian authorities despite complying with requirements.
- Organizer Tatiana Harker said 50 of approximately 80 Canadians were admitted while others were dropped off in remote areas, and nurse Lyseng described severe malnutrition among Gaza's children as "inhumane" and "totally sickening."
- The march seeks to create international pressure to open a humanitarian corridor for Gaza, but ongoing detentions and border controls highlight persistent challenges to aid access and regional stability.
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Pro-Gaza activists 'stopped in Libya, Egypt'
Pro-Palestinian activists seeking to march to Gaza with the stated aim of breaking Israel's blockade on the territory were stopped Friday in both Libya and Egypt, organisers said. "Forty participants of the Global March to Gaza have had their passports taken at a checkpoint on the way out of Cairo," organisers said in a statement. "They are being held in the heat and not allowed to move," the statement said, adding that another "15 are being hel…
Activists stopped in Libya and Egypt ahead of planned march on Gaza
Egyptian authorities detained additional activists planning to march to Gaza in protest of restrictions on aid reaching the territory while security forces in eastern Libya blocked a convoy of activists en route to meet them.
Activists stopped in Libya and Egypt ahead of planned march on Gaza - Brave New Europe
Egyptian authorities detained more activists planning to march to Gaza in protest of restrictions on aid reaching the territory, while security forces in eastern Libya blocked a convoy of activists en route to meet them. Demonstrators from 80 countries planned to march to Egypt’s border with Gaza to spotlight the deepening humanitarian crises facing Palestinians since Israel began blocking aid trucks from entering the coastal enclave in March. I…
The Global Gaza March Movement announced that 40 activists who reached Egypt to break the blockade in Gaza were detained and called on the Egyptian authorities.
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