Updates
“Ellis, Mees and Stapleton have safely arrived in Jordan, according to a Facebook post from local activist group Palestine Action YYT.”
Newfoundlanders detained by Israel have been freed, family member says (Oct.12, 2025)
“Mskwaasin Agnew has been released along with fellow Canadians Khurram Musti Khan & Nima Machouf. Three Canadians Nikita Stapleton, Sadie Mees and Devoney Ellis are still being held illegally by Israel. Please keep advocating for their release and the release of all Palestinians held hostage and imprisoned in Israel who face horrific torture and human rights abuses daily.”
– Toronto Indigenous Harm Reduction (Oct.10, 2025)
“…Devoney Ellis, Sadie Mees, and Nikita Stapleton—all from St. John’s, NL—are among the dozens of international volunteers still illegally detained in Israeli prison, possibly because they refuse, on principle, to sign an acknowledgment that they ‘illegally entered’ the state that abducted them in international waters.”
3 Canadians freed, 3 still in Israeli prison, by Canadian Boat to Gaza (Oct.10, 2025)
According to Nima Machouf, the three young Newfoundlanders are still held captive because they refused to sign an Israeli form.
Flottille Pour Gaza : Nimâ Machouf Libérée avec Deux Autres Détenus, par François-Alexis Favreau (Oct. 10, 2025)
Statement by way of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (Oct.8, 2025)
“The ‘Conscience’ volunteers have been attacked and likely abducted by Israeli forces while in international waters on their way to open a sea corridor to Gaza. These are the six volunteers from so-called Canada.
The flotilla was sailing in accordance with international law, outside Israeli jurisdiction. We call on the Canadian government and people to condemn this crime and to demand the immediate release of all abducted volunteers, as well as an end to Israel’s illegal blockade and ongoing genocide in Gaza.
🚨 Take action NOW :
Tag, email, and call your Ministry of Foreign Affairs:@global.affairs.canada or info@international.gc.ca
+1 613 996 8885 or toll-free at 1-800-387-3124
• Boycott Israeli products and companies
• Pressure your government to enforce an arms embargo and diplomatic sanctions on Israel
• Pressure institutions and your work place to divest from and sanction Israel
• Use the ‘RISEFOR’ campaign to pressure your government in 2 minutes
• Share this call widely on social media and with your network”
Reverse Chronology
Family awaits news of 3 Newfoundlanders detained by Israel off Gaza, by Geoff Nixon (2025)
6 Canadians, including 3 from N.L., taken by Israeli forces, by Justin Brake (2025)
Wave After Wave: Freedom Flotilla, with Mskwaasin Agnew, by Blueprints of Disruption (2025)
Global Protests Erupt Over Israeli Interception of Gaza Aid Flotilla, from Al Jazeera (2025)
Pro-Palestinian Protests, Strikes and Port Blockades Held Across Italy, from Al Jazeera (2025)
Indigenous Women: Letter of Solidarity with Humanitarian Flotilla (2025)
Canada’s Arms-to-Israel Scandal Explained, by Alex Cosh (2025)
Exposing Canadian Military Exports to Israel (2025)
Canada Under Contract to Supply the IDF with Artillery Propellant, by Kelsey Gallagher (2025)
Treaty Responsibilities to Palestine, by Jessica Johns (2025)
U.S. Names Quebec Contractor In Newly Approved Arms Sale To Israel, by Alex Cosh (2024)
It Turns Out Canada is Way More Dependent on Israeli Tech Than Vice Versa, by Tristin Hopper (2024)
How Canada Helps Build Israel’s Fighter Jets, by The Breach (2024)
Direct Action Confronts Canada-Israel Arms Trade, by Kirsten Francescone & Irene Suvillaga (2024)
Canadian Military Buying $43 Million Of Israeli Missiles Used in Gaza Attacks, by Alex Cosh (2024)
A Brief History of Canada’s Role in the Colonization of Palestine, by Umm Kulthum (2023)
In Memory of Lee Maracle, by the Canada Palestine Association (2021)
Solidarity between Palestinians and Indigenous Activists has Deep Roots, by Marion Kawas (2020)
Indigenous Intifada: Federal MP Compares Natives to Palestinians (2002)
Letter to Reality Now about the West Bank Prisoner Hunger Strike, by Ahmad Samih Abou-Ali (1984)
Palestinians and Native People are Brothers, by the Native Study Group (1976)
