Tunisia releases 'Viva Palestina'
Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:24:27 GMT
The Gaza-bound aid convoy 'Viva Palestina', which was stopped by the police in Tunisia, is granted permission to continue its journey.
The aid convoy was stopped upon arrival in Tunisia from Algeria on late Wednesday, said Press TV's Yvonne Ridley who is accompanying 'Viva Palestina' on its journey to Gaza.
Following the incident, two human rights activists traveling with the convoy were arrested by Tunisian police. The fate of the two remains clouded.
Ridley said the two were pushed into a van and taken to an undisclosed destination, adding that the rest of the crew was about to reunited in Gabes.
'Viva Palestina' departed from London, and comprises of more than 100 vehicles--including 12 ambulances and a fire engine-- loaded with medicine, food, clothes and toys for the Gazans.
The convoy plans to travel 5,000 miles through France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt before arriving at Rafah border-crossing - sealed by Cairo despite the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
The condition in the costal strip is deteriorating as Israel refuses to ease a crippling seizure on the densely-populated coastal enclave-home to some 1.5 million Palestinians-which has been in place since June 2007.
