Overview

• Turkey’s foreign ministry said a Turkish Airlines flight carrying 137 deported activists, including 36 Turkish nationals and citizens of several other countries, was due to land in Istanbul on Saturday.
• Israeli authorities say more than 450 people were detained after intercepting roughly 40 boats, asserting detainees are safe and pledging swift deportations, while some activists remain in Israel pending expulsion next week.
• Adalah reported detainees were denied access to lawyers, water and medications and were kept kneeling with zip-tied hands for hours; Israel has stated the detainees are in good health.
• Police in Barcelona estimated 70,000 people marched on Saturday, and Italy saw a fourth consecutive day of demonstrations, including a nationwide strike with turnout estimates ranging from 400,000 to over 2 million.
• Organisers leveraged real-time livestreams and vessel tracking that drew about 6 million site visits in two days, highlighted participation by figures such as Greta Thunberg, and said a second group of boats has set sail.