The mayor of Messina, Federico Basile, has announced for tomorrow the convocation of an urgent session of the city council. At the same time, he will ask the President of the City Council to urgently convene the civic assembly to express a decisive address against the national government, urged the activation of each channel of international diplomacy to obtain the immediate release of Professor Antonio Mazzeo and the other activists arrested by the Israeli defense forces while they were on a humanitarian mission.
“Messina shakes around those who work for peace – said Mayor Basile – and cannot remain silent in the face of an action that affects those who commit themselves daily for human rights and international solidarity”.