被劫持的“银河领袖号”船员于2024年11月19日在胡塞武装手中被囚禁一年。

2023年11月19日，胡塞武装武装分子登上悬挂巴哈马国旗的汽车运输船后，该船25名船员被抓获，他们来自世界各地——保加利亚、乌克兰、菲律宾、墨西哥和罗马尼亚。

这艘船在红海被劫持，船员被扣为人质，同时船只被转移到也门的荷台达港。

在劫机事件一周年之际，天主教海事慈善机构斯特拉·马里斯（Stella Maris）将于11月19日组织一场特别的弥撒和守夜祈祷。

这次集会号召大家站起来支持银河领袖号的船员和他们的家人。这项服务将是海事界为船员获释祈祷的机会。

“银河领袖”号被劫持的原因是，胡塞武装声称该船的商业运营商、总部位于英国的Ray Car Carriers公司拥有与以色列有关的所有权权益。

这艘船被用作荷台达的一个旅游景点，人们聚集在船上，拍照，制作卷轴。

在过去的一年里，船员们一直被困在船上，与家人几乎没有任何联系，也无法获得适当的医疗服务。

根据菲律宾外交部的报告，船员的健康状况已经恶化，许多人表现出疟疾的症状，这是一种可能致命的疾病。

这种情况引起了全球的愤怒。

国际航运公会（ICS）秘书长盖伊·普拉滕（Guy Platten）对长期扣押表示关切，他说，很难相信一年过去了，被劫持船只的船员仍被扣为人质。无辜的海员和家人，他们的生活被完全失控的地缘政治力量不可逆转地改变了。

自劫持以来，胡塞武装使用无人机和导弹增加了对船只的袭击。100多艘船只成为袭击目标，两艘沉没，四艘遇难。

2024年11月17日，据报道，一枚导弹袭击了摩卡附近的一艘船只，险些击中。据报道，该船及其船员安全。

ICS以侵犯人权为由，继续要求立即释放Galaxy Leader船员。

Platten补充说，他们对海员和所有受影响的人表示关切，并继续呼吁人道主义的胜利，立即释放他们。

劫持船只事件表明，海员在冲突地区仍面临风险。

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英文原文

The crew of the hijacked vessel Galaxy Leader will complete a year in captivity at the hands of Houthi forces on November 19, 2024.



The 25-member crew of the vessel coming from different parts of the world- Bulgaria, Ukraine, Philippines, Mexico and Romania were captured after the armed Houthi militants boarded the Bahamas-flagged car carrier on November 19, 2023,



The ship was hijacked in the Red Sea, and the crew was taken hostage while the vessel was diverted to the port of Hodeidah in Yemen.



On the one-year anniversary of the hijacking, the Catholic Maritime Charity Stella Maris will organize a special Mass and prayer vigil on November 19.



The gathering is a call to stand in support of the Galaxy Leader’s crew and their families.  The service will be an opportunity for the maritime community to pray for the crew’s release.



The Galaxy Leader was hijacked when the Houthis claimed that the vessel’s commercial operator, UK-based Ray Car Carriers, had Israeli-linked ownership interests.



The ship is being used as a tourist attraction in Hodeidah, with people gathering, clicking photos, and making reels on the vessel.



The crew has remained confined to the vessel for the past year with barely any communication with their family members and no access to proper medical care.



According to reports from the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs, the health of the crew members has worsened, with many showing symptoms of malaria, a potentially deadly disease.



The situation has caused global outrage.



Guy Platten, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), expressed concern over the extended captivity, saying that it seems impossible to believe that a year has passed and the crew of the hijacked vessel is still being held hostage.  Innocent seafarers and families who have had their lives irrevocably changed by geopolitical forces wholly out of their control.



Since the hijacking, the Houthis have increased their attacks on ships, using drones and missiles.  Over 100 ships have been targeted, with two sunk and four killed.



On November 17, 2024, a missile attack on a vessel off Mocha was reported as a near-miss.  The vessel and its crew were reported safe.



ICS has continued to demand the immediate release of the Galaxy Leader crew, citing human rights violations.



Platten added that they are concerned about the seafarers and all those affected and continue to call for humanity to win with their immediate release.



The hijacking of the vessels shows the continued risks faced by seafarers in conflict zones.

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