Immediate freedom for Reyes Rigo!

The Mallorcan activist is still kidnapped by the Zionist regime, victim of a false accusation and a political process that seeks to punish solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Activist Reyes Rigo, Mallorcan 56 years, participated in the Global Sumud Flotilla aboard the ship “Adara”, the same one where our colleague Cele Fierro was representing the International Socialist League (LIS).

Last 1 October, Israeli armed forces violently and illegally boarded all ships of the flotilla in international waters. The activists were kidnapped, imprisoned and subjected to mistreatment, in a new violation of international law by the Zionist State.

The global mobilization was immediate and forceful: Thousands of voices in different countries demanded the freedom of all participants in the solidarity flotilla. In the face of international pressure, Israel freed most in batches, but Reyes Rigo is still imprisoned.

She is the only Spanish and the only woman who continues to be detained in Israel. further, faces trumped-up criminal charges, which confirms that the regime intends to use it as a repressive example to intimidate solidarity with Palestine.

The Israeli government claims that Reyes “bit” a prison officer during his confinement, causing minor injuries. But the activist flatly denied that accusation., and multiple testimonies from her cellmates denied the official version.

Alejandra Martinez, also detained, explained that the alleged incident occurred when Reyes tried to prevent a Danish colleague from being beaten and dragged by Israeli guards.. Both were brutally reduced, pulled by the hair and separated from the rest of the prey.

The same regime that commits genocide in Gaza and imprisons those who denounce it, tries to justify its repression with a false “bite”. Zionist hypocrisy has no limits.

The testimonies of the released activists confirm the poor detention conditions: hits, abuse, sleep deprivation, denial of drinking water, medical assistance and medications. This is a way to intimidate those who dare to break the silence in the face of the massacre in Palestine.

The Foreign Minister of Spain, Jose Manuel Albares, He limited himself to acknowledging that Reyes will remain imprisoned until the new hearing of the 10 October, claiming that “they maintain contact with the family”. But that contact, according to his relatives, is non-existent or purely formal.

The reality is that the Spanish government looks the other way, proving that their “solidarity with Palestine” is just rhetoric, while maintaining diplomatic and commercial relations with the genocidal regime of Israel.

Reyes was transferred from the Ketziot maximum security prison, in the middle of the Negev desert, to a detention center in Beer Sheva, 180 kilometers south of Tel Aviv. His defense warns that the Israeli extreme right is putting pressure on the prosecutor's office to keep the case open and use it for political and electoral purposes..

At the time of closing this note, The media reported that Reyes' legal representatives had reached an agreement with the Israeli prosecutor's office by which he could be released on Saturday. 11 October. Whatever, everything is an attack on the most basic rights, For this reason, we continue to demand that Reyes be released immediately and without charge..