A German captain, named Carola Rackete, from the migrant rescue ship 'Sea-Watch', will stand trial on Monday in Agrigento, Italy for allegedly "breaking the Italian
naval blockade," Italian state radio stated.
Synopsis: Perhaps more than all the campaigns of the Union armies, it was the Union
naval blockade which, covering all major Southern ports along 3,500 miles of coastline for the duration of the war, was key to bringing down the Confederacy.
The National Committee for Breaking the Siege has been organizing weekly marches three months ago in an attempt to break the
naval blockade of Gaza Strip.
Patrol boats of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao were deployed to put up a
naval blockade to prevent the suspects from escaping.
For the fifth week, Israeli authorities continue its
naval blockade on the Gaza Strip, through reducing the fishing area to 3 nautical miles adjacent to the Gaza Strip shores.
To summarize, neither has the Saudi-led coalition's blockade been imposed in accordance with the law of
naval blockade nor have the enforcement measures been conducted properly.
"The
naval blockade is a necessary and legal security blockade, which has been recognized repeatedly by the world and the United Nations, for the protection of the State of Israel and its marine borders, protecting [it] against terror and arms smuggling."
Also on Tuesday, a Palestinian protest boat set sail from the Gaza Strip in an attempt to break Israel
naval blockade of the territory.
Hamas officials register the passport details of injured Palestinians preparing to board a blockade-running boat, carrying them with other students, out from the Gaza City harbour, to break Israel's
naval blockade on the enclave.
The two other boats did not breach the
naval blockade line enforced by Israel, which is nine miles off the coast of Gaza.
The center demanded the immediate release of the detainees and called upon the international community, especially parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, to fulfill their moral and legal obligations and work on lifting the imposed land, aerial, and
naval blockade on Gaza.