Psychedelic Leaders Ask for UN Help in Return of 5 Nova Hostages

Five months after the Hamas attack on the Nova Psychedelic-Trance Music Peace Festival in Israel left 364 young people dead, and others sexually violated, mutilated, and taken captive, some of the most-widely respected leaders of America’s psychedelic medicine community have written an open letter of concern to the United Nations to urge the release of the 5 girls seized by Hamas at the Festival, as well as release of the other hostages. In a letter that also denounced the tragic loss of life in Gaza and expressed support for aspirations for peace and good neighborliness between Israelis and Palestinians, the psychedelic leaders urgently flagged a concern raised by a <a href="https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-december-4-2023/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">US State Department briefing</a> which revealed that young women abducted by Hamas during the <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/hamas-israel-nova-music-festival-massacre-1234854306/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Nova Psychedelic-Trance Dance Music </a>Festival for Peace in Israel remain in captivity due to the continued perpetration of sexual violence by Hamas. On March 3 the UN Special Envoy on Sexual Violence in Conflict confirmed evidence that sexual violence against the Hamas-held hostages is “<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/04/europe/un-team-sexual-abuse-oct-7-hostages-intl/index.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">ongoing</a>.” <a href="https://medium.com/beingwell/psychedelic-leaders-ask-for-un-help-in-return-of-5-nova-hostages-b8c4eed56d70">Visit Now</a>