Overview
- Yanis Mhamdi, Pascal Maurieras and Marco van Rennes remain held in Givon prison following the June 9 interception of the Madleen by the Israeli navy
- Israel’s strikes on Iran triggered a domestic airspace shutdown that abruptly canceled the crew’s planned deportation on June 13
- Human rights organizations and advocates describe the detention as illegal and warn of deteriorating conditions, including concerns over Pascal Maurieras’s access to medication
- Two fellow crew members, Rima Hassan and Reva Viard, have been released and repatriated to France while the remaining detainees face an indefinite delay
- Independent media outlet Blast and other supporters are pressuring the French government to take a firm diplomatic stance to secure the activists’ release