Twenty-one Spanish activists took over the Spanish embassy in central Athens on Tuesday to protest a decision by Greek authorities to ban the sailing of vessels headed for Gaza.
The activists, who were on the vessel "Gernica", arrived from the Cretan port city of Hania, where their vessel remained docked on orders of the Greek coast guard.
Local authorities have banned the nine-vessel flotilla, loaded with aid and carrying pro-Palestinian activists, from sailing towards the Middle East sliver of land, which is under an Israeli naval blockade.
The embassy is located across from the Acropolis archaeological site on one of the Greek capital's most exclusive pedestrian ways.
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