This statement was issued yesterday by supporters of Kevin Neish in Victoria, B.C.

One year after surviving a brutal Israeli attack on a humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza, a Victoria human-rights advocate says he plans to join the next aid flotilla this month.

On Sunday, Kevin Neish wrapped-up a month of travel and speaking in support of the Canadian Boat to Gaza (CBG) with a public forum in Surrey, B.C., hosted by the Fraser Valley Peace Council.

Neish, a Victoria-based activist, had earlier completed a very successful pan-Canadian tour November 5-12, during which he shared with diverse audiences his experience aboard the Mavi Marmara.  In addition to telling his harrowing account of bearing witness to numerous violations of human rights and international law, Neish and other local activists encouraged local communities to support the CBG, which will set sail in Spring 2011 with “International Freedom Flotilla 2”.

In addition to close to 100 organizations, a growing number of prominent individuals have endorsed the Canadian Boat to Gaza (CBG), including filmmakers John Greyson and Magnus Isacsson, Quebec Solidaire politician Amir Khadir, renown U.S. dissident Noam Chomsky and Mavi Marmara survivors Farooq Burney and Rifat Audeh.