
365 Days and counting
November 19th, 2024
Exactly one year ago today, a helicopter carrying armed Houthis landed on the deck of the Galaxy Leader. The crew was held at gunpoint and the ship was hijacked. This attack not only marked the start of a troubled period in the Red Sea but also the start of a now year-long nightmare for the crew.
While the attacks succeeded each other in the area, the attention for the crew is slowly ebbing away. Every 19th of the month, the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners pauses to reflect on the terrible situation they find themselves in. The crew must not be forgotten!
The Mare Liberum is coming under increasing pressure in this regard. For instance, Annet Koster was recently a guest on Nieuwsuur to explain why the Houthis' are sending threatening emails to Dutch shipowners and others. The forcible claiming of seas must be stopped and the Mare Liberum must be protected.
And the crew of the Galaxy Leader? They have been held hostage for 365 days now. We do not forget them. The entire crew must be released immediately!
โ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐น๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ.โ