<article data-history-node-id="429728" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/spain-file-complaint-icc-regarding-events-sumud-flotilla" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/spain-file-complaint-icc-regarding-events-sumud-flotilla" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Spain to file complaint at ICC regarding events on Sumud flotilla</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Monday that the country will file a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding the events of the Global Sumud Flotilla, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Any attack on persons in international waters constitutes a deprivation of liberty under domestic and international law,"&nbsp;Marlaska said.&nbsp;</p> <p>More than 400 activists, parliamentarians and lawyers were detained after Israeli forces intercepted the Gaza-bound aid flotilla earlier this week.</p> <p>Some of the detainees have since been deported, while proceedings for others are ongoing.&nbsp;</p> <p>Spanish activists on the flotilla alleged on Monday that they had suffered mistreatment and violation of their rights by Israeli authorities.</p> <p>Earlier, Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said that allegations regarding the abusive treatment of climate activist Greta Thunberg are "very serious" if confirmed.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>