SURYA MCEWEN: 80 Hour Detention was "A Different Level of Aggression"
5/28/20261 hr 2 min
Surya McEwen is one of 11 Aussies who have just arrived back in Australia, after another attempt to break the naval blockade and bring aid to Gaza. He speaks to Abbie about his experience on his fourth mission, and how the escalation in violence, and the international attention has changed since October last year.
This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence. If any of the topics discussed is triggering for you, help is available at Lifeline's website at https://www.lifeline.org.au/ or by calling 13 11 14.
LINKS
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CREDITS
Host: Abbie Chatfield @abbiechatfield
Guest: Surya McEwen @surya.sails.for.gaza
Executive Producer and Editor: Amy Kimball @amy.kimball
It's A Lot Social Media Manager: Julia Toomey
Social Media and Marketing Strategist: Elizabeth Baxter
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First 90 secondsAbbie Chatfield· Host0:00
It's A Lot is recorded on Gadigal land. We pay our respects to the traditional custodians of this land, and to elders past and present. We also would love to extend our respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people listening today, and remind you all that sovereignty was never ceded, and it always was and always will be Aboriginal land. Hey, everyone. Today's episode is kind of an emergency episode that we recorded yesterday with the incredible Surya McEwen. We spoke to him last year after he got back from an intercepted flotilla mission, trying to bring aid into Gaza. Um, he was, uh, physically and sexually abused by Israeli forces, and he's gone back again. And you may have seen a video going around of Ben-Gvir, who is Israel's far-right national security minister, of him mocking and taunting prisoners, and Surya was actually a part of the flotilla that was intercepted and captured by Israel in this instance. So Surya is back now, and he wanted to come on the podcast to speak about his experience. Please go and read about what others have been through as well, uh, during this horrific time. In particular, read about what's happened to Palestinian prisoners that aren't part of these flotillas, that are just trying to live their lives in Palestine. Um, but I thought it'd be great to get Surya on to hear details of what happened so we can have a personal story attached to such a huge headline. So please listen. Please share this if you feel that would be beneficial to people in your life. Um, share the information