The four young women, Fatima Al-Marabti, Kanza Asnasne, Anga Nevis and Grate Dokenber, were participants in the Freedom Flotilla aid convoy and filed charges against Israeli war minister Ehud Barak, his chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi and commander of the deadly attack on the convoy Eliezer Marom.
Their lawyer Yucca Kallwart said the lawsuit is related to serious violations committed against the international humanitarian law, and the maltreatment and unlawful imprisonment of these four women in Israel.
The lawyer noted that one of the ladies was hit in the face with an Israeli stun grenade and did not get appropriate medical care, and all of them were detained for long hours on board one of the aid ships before they were forcibly deported to Turkey without taking their confiscated personal belongings.
In another context, senior official of the European campaign to end the siege Arafat Abu Madi stated that the Freedom Flotilla coalition decided unanimously to postpone the launch of the second aid convoy to next spring.
He explained that the member organizations of the coalition agreed they need more time to organize a bigger convoy composed of 15 or 20 aid ships instead of six or seven.
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