Jeannette Escanilla
Escanilla (far right) at the Stockholm Pride in August 2014
Member of the Riksdag
In office
7 June 2018 – 24 September 2018
Preceded byEmma Wallrup
ConstituencyUppsala County
Personal details
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Political partyLeft Party

Jeannette Escanilla Diaz (born 1961) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Left Party, she represented Uppsala County between June 2018 and September 2018.[1]

Escanilla was president of the Ship to Gaza foundation.[2] She was part of the Women's Boat to Gaza crew aboard the Zaytouna-Olivia that tried to break the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip in October 2016 but were intercepted by the Israelis in international waters and taken to Ashdod in Israel before being deported.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ledamöter & partier: Jeannette Escanilla (V)" (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden: Riksdag. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Altuntas, Atila; Kazanci, Handan (30 March 2018). "Swedish NGO plans another bid to break Gaza blockade". Anadolu Agency. Ankara, Turkey. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Escanilla (V) är med på Women's boats to Gaza". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. 28 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Carty, Ed (6 October 2016). "Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire: Israeli navy detention is kidnap". Irish Independent. Dublin, Ireland. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Uppsalapolitikern släppt ur fängelse". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. 7 October 2016. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2022.


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