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Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand's Statement On Global Sumud Flotilla
02 October 2025
In response to reports that Israeli forces have intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla and detained peaceful protestors, including three New Zealanders, attempting to deliver urgently needed food, medicine, and humanitarian supplies to Palestinians in Gaza, Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand’s Executive Director, Jacqui Dillon, said:
"The complete absence of any remotely adequate response from governments, including New Zealand’s, to Israel’s genocide against Palestinians has forced activists from across the world to take peaceful measures to break the siege.
Our Government must act. Their job is to immediately condemn this interception, demand the immediate and unconditional release of all those on board, including any New Zealand nationals, and insist that Israel ends its unlawful blockade and allows unrestricted humanitarian access to occupied Gaza. Anything less risks complicity in Israel’s grave violations of Palestinians' rights.
The New Zealand Government must do all it can to end this genocide. The atrocities must end."
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