Flotilla Activist to Iran Press: Israeli Regime Treated Me Like Less Than Human In an exclusive interview with Iran Press News Agency in Johannesburg, South Africa, Yvonne Ridley, a British human rights activist and participant in the Global Sumud Flotilla convoy, spoke out about the brutal treatment she endured after Israeli regime forces intercepted the mission. The convoy, carrying humanitarian aid to break the Gaza blockade, was halted in early October, and Ridley shared the cruel and inhumane conditions she and others faced in Israeli regime detention.