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Recently, the government together with other countries have launched the Amalthea programme (a \u201chumanitarian\u201d corridor that will transport minor aid through sea) with Israel as the distributor.<br \/>\n\u201cAt the same time, aid entering through land is being actively blocked by the occupation army. \u03a4hus Amalthea is used as a media stunt and cover-up for using the starvation of the population in Gaza as a weapon of war,\u201d the organisers said.<br \/>\nDemands from the protestors include an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the complete lifting of the blockade on Gaza, an end to the perceived complicity of the Cypriot government, the dismantling of the Israeli occupation and freedom for Palestine.<br \/>\nOrganised by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Afoa<\/li>\n<li>Aeriko<\/li>\n<li>Anonim Genclik<\/li>\n<li>Ba\u011f\u0131ms\u0131zl\u0131k Yolu<\/li>\n<li>DIEM25<\/li>\n<li>Far Right Watch CY<\/li>\n<li>Film Workers for Palestine<\/li>\n<li>Initiative against Fascist Threat<\/li>\n<li>Hade<\/li>\n<li>\u039aISA<\/li>\n<li>Kores Ksapolites<\/li>\n<li>NEDA<\/li>\n<li>Queer Collective CY<\/li>\n<li>Sispirosi Ataktwn<\/li>\n<li>Sol Hareket<\/li>\n<li>Spirithkia<\/li>\n<li>United for Palestine \u2013 Cyprus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Picture by\u00a0Antonia Maria Nicolaides)protest. 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