i find it curious at best that these sort of things continue until i remember that those in charge care not a bit for us, the 'great unwashed';

25-year-old German journalist and Freedom Flotilla Coalition activist Anna Liedtke accused Israeli occupation forces of raping her after she was abducted from a Gaza-bound aid vessel operated by the Freedom Coalition Flotilla, which sought to break “Israel’s” blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Liedtke, speaking publicly for the first time since the assault at the International Conference for Political Prisoners, said she was sexually abused while in Israeli custody after the humanitarian ship was intercepted, Press TV reported.

The journalist said Israeli forces attacked the flotilla in the autumn of 2025, roughly 100 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza, and detained activists on board.

She recalled that she was held for five days and transferred between detention facilities following her abduction.

“We were transferred from one prison to another, and during the strip searches, I was raped,” Liedtke stressed.

‘Not an isolated case’

Liedtke said she decided to speak out not only for herself but in solidarity with Palestinian victims of sexual abuse in Israeli detention.

She described her assault as part of a wider pattern of mistreatment rather than an isolated incident.

“I speak out on behalf of Palestinian men and women who have experienced sexual violence and sexual torture in the prisons,” she said, including those who remain detained..............more..........