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Anna Liedtke, a 25-year-old German journalist and activist with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, has publicly revealed that she experienced sexual assault while held by 'Israeli' forces.

Liedtke, who was aboard the vessel Conscience attempting to break the naval blockade of Gaza, said she was raped during a transfer between 'Israeli' prisons.

The journalist described her detention as lasting five days following the interception of the ship. She stated that the assault occurred while being transferred from Ktzi’ot to Givon prison during routine strip searches.

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[–] dogbert@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Now that it’s happened to a white European, it will be taken more seriously.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't think so, she's German, and Germany is perfectly ok with harrassing even white German Jews for antizionism. Also i remember when Israel bulldozed white woman to death or attacked US Navy ship several times including strafing the lifeboats, and nothing official happened.

[–] linkerbaan@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

So far there has been zero Western media coverage of this.