Mark Tomlinson, Fatima Hendricks, Hassan Mahomed and Ayesha Vahed

Professor Mark Tomlinson is the co-director of the Institute for Life Course Health Research in the Department of Global Health at Stellenbosch University. Dr Fatima Hendricks is an occupational therapist, director at TSI Orthohealth and TFIL Family trust engaged in community-based healthcare in the Cape Flats. She sailed in the Global Sumud Flotilla 2025 and was captured by IOF forces in international waters. She was detained for six days in Ktzi’ot Prison along with other flotilla participants. Professor Hassan Mahomed is a public health medicine specialist at the Division of Health Systems and Public Health in the Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University. Ayesha Vahed is an attorney of the High Court of South Africa, as well as a legal reporter and journalist whose work focuses on human rights and amplifying stories often censored or overlooked by mainstream media.