Knoxville Native Detained in Libya with 9 Others While Attempting to Bring Aid to Gaza
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Alicia Armesto Núñez and nine other activists were part of a convoy of more than 200 people traveling across North Africa to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza and are detained by the authorities of eastern Libya “The last time my mother spoke to me she told me: ‘We’re going to approach the checkpoint by a negotiating team.’ Then she sent me an audio: ‘We’re getting closer, I’m leaving mobile. It’s going to be going back and forth in a couple of hou…
Knoxville native detained in Libya with 9 others while attempting to bring aid to Gaza
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A woman from Knoxville has been detained in eastern Libya while participating in a humanitarian mission attempting to deliver aid to Gaza. U.S. citizen Jenelle Jones was among 10 civilians detained near the Sirte “5+5” crossing on May 24 by Libyan Arab Armed Forces & eastern Libyan authorities while attempting to [...]
The mobilizers denounced the silence on the part of the Javier Milei administration after the fifth day was fulfilled without precise information about the activists.
The Argentine Foreign Ministry is working to learn about the situation of two Argentine citizens who were arrested in Libya during this month. In a statement, it reported that it initiated consular efforts for the release of María Paula Giménez and Lucas Ezequiel Aguilera, who are staying in Benghazi. The Government took note of the case on May 24. Giménez and Aguilera were arrested in the vicinity of Sirte, a city located in the centre-north of…
The situation of Argentine journalists María Paula Giménez and Lucas Ezequiel Aguilera raises concerns after both were arrested in Benghazi, Libya, on May 24. The communicators were part of an international humanitarian caravan that tried to advance to Gaza when it was intercepted near the city of Sirte by forces linked to the Libyan east. The Argentine government officially confirmed the arrest on Friday and noted that diplomatic efforts are be…
Foreign Ministry confirmed that activists María Paula Giménez and Lucas Ezequiel Aguilera were arrested in eastern Libya while participating in a humanitarian mission to Gaza. The government reported on Friday that it is making diplomatic efforts to try to release two Argentine citizens who were arrested in eastern Libya while travelling on land on a humanitarian mission to the Gaza Strip. Foreign Ministry identified the detained citizens as Mar…
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