AMMAN (AFP) – A UK-registered charity said on Tuesday it was planning legal action in Britain on behalf of activists who were detained by Israel after a deadly raid on their Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month.
Mary Nazzal-Batayneh, president of the Palestine Legal Aid Fund (PLAF), told AFP her group would represent those passengers "wishing to assert their rights through legal action against Israel."
The Jordanian lawyer of Palestinian origin said six internationally renowned lawyers have already joined the fund's legal team.
The team "will launch a court case in the name of the hundreds of activists illegally abducted and imprisoned, many of whom were beaten and wounded and nearly all their belongings confiscated," as well as for the families of the Turkish activists killed, she said.
"A trial should be held in Britain based on the British legal system. It could be transferred if necessary," Batayneh added, without giving further details.
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