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After three agonising days with no word from his son, Warsono finally saw the face he had been waiting for.
The 60-year-old Indonesian from Bandar Lampung in Sumatra spoke by video call on Thursday evening to his son, Andre Prasetyo Nugroho, following the 27-year-old journalist’s release from Israeli detention in Gaza.
“To my great relief, I could see he was in one piece, albeit somewhat worse for wear,” he said, adding that his son had bruises on his hands from being tightly zip-tied and, according to Andre, roughed up by Israeli officials.
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Andre’s account adds another voice to the wider controversy over Israel’s interception of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla 2.0 (GSF 2.0) on Monday.
The action has drawn condemnation from Jakarta, press freedom groups and several foreign governments over the detention and alleged mistreatment of activists and journalists.
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Andre, who works for Tempo TV, was one of four Indonesian journalists aboard vessels in the civilian convoy. The other three were Bambang Noroyono and Thoudy Badai from Republika and iNews’ Heru Rahendro.
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