Webinar: Kidnapped on the Global Sumud Flotilla, 2026

Join Fra Hughes, Director of Palestine Aid Ireland, as he recalls his journey of activism with Palestine. From the violent streets of Belfast where he grew up to being illegally abducted from the Global Sumud Flotilla in May, 2026 under sniper sights by the IDF. From British colonial troops on the ground in Ireland to zionist colonial troops on the ground in Palestine, this story is one of occupation parallels and solidarity. Join us as take a stroll with Fra on his Walk with Palestine from his first convoy with George Galloway to Gaza in 2010, via his visits to the occupied territories, Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, The Donbas, Syria, Lebanon and South Africa, and his detention in Ketziot maximum security prison. Fra puts the national liberation struggle into the international call for justice, freedom and sovereignty.

Presenter:
Fra Hughes is an activist and humanitarian from Belfast, “Northern” Ireland. Born in 1963 and raised during the Troubles, he learned the meaning of occupation on the streets of his own city before turning his solidarity toward Palestine. He has participated in multiple aid convoys to Gaza, co-founded the charity Palestine Aid (Ireland), and served as a volunteer on the Global Sumud Flotilla 2026—where he was kidnapped at gunpoint in international waters and imprisoned in Ketziot high-security prison. He lives in Belfast with his partner Pauline and their two dogs. Kidnapped on the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza 2026 is his first book.