Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network

POLITICAL PRISONERS' NEWS

Accused of supporting Palestinian political prisoners: MK Basel Ghattas jailed, stripped of immunity

December 25, 2016

Basel Ghattas, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and Member of Knesset, is currently being held by Israeli forces on charges of attempting to bring...

Palestinian student Shorouq Dwayyat, 19, sentenced to 16 years in Israeli prison

December 25, 2016

In another example of the lengthy sentencing practices especially targeting Palestinian youth and women in Jerusalem, Shorouq Dwayyat was sentenced to 16 years in...

#FreeSalah Khawaja military trial postponed again as UN rapporteurs highlight attacks on human rights defenders

December 22, 2016

Palestinian prisoner ordered to administrative detention after end of 10-month sentence

December 22, 2016

Palestinian child prisoner Natalie Shokha, 15, sentenced to one and one-half years in Israeli prison

December 22, 2016

Shadid and Abu Fara end hunger strike after 90 days in agreement

December 22, 2016

27 more administrative detention orders issued against Palestinian prisoners

December 18, 2016

86 Days of Hunger Strike: Supreme Court suggests force-feeding for Shadid and Abu Fara

December 18, 2016

Italian Video: Milan event highlights Black-Palestinian solidarity

December 18, 2016

New York activists boycott HP, support Holy Land Five struggle for justice

December 18, 2016

Salah Khawaja’s military court hearing delayed until 20 December #FreeSalah

December 16, 2016

Palestinian child prisoners face medical neglect, harsh interrogation, lengthy sentences

December 15, 2016

EVENTS

23 December, NYC: Protest to free Palestinian prisoners and stop HP

December 21, 2016

CANCELLED 22 December: Call-In to demand freedom for Anas Shadid and Ahmad Abu Fara

December 21, 2016

16 December, NYC: Justice for the Holy Land Five – A Documentary Screening

December 15, 2016

16 December, NYC: Protest to free the hunger strikers and stop HP

December 10, 2016

14 December, Liege: A qui le tour? Discussion of Administrative Detention

December 7, 2016

12 December, Paris: Freedom for Georges Abdallah and all Revolutionary Political Prisoners

December 7, 2016

9 December, London: Free Fayez Sharary and demand UK action; protest HP complicity in torture

December 7, 2016

10 December, NYC: Free All Political Prisoners Now

December 3, 2016

9 December, Philadelphia: Rally to Save Mumia’s Life and Demand his Freedom

December 3, 2016

TAKE ACTION

Call to action: On the eighth anniversary of the sentencing of Ahmad Sa’adat, take action for freedom

December 25, 2016

CANCELLED 22 December: Call-In to demand freedom for Anas Shadid and Ahmad Abu Fara

December 21, 2016

In this courtroom illustration, U.S. District Judge A. Joe Fish and defendants Mufid Abdulqader, Ghassan Elashi, Mohammad El-Mezain, Shukri Abu Baker and Abdulrahman Odeh are shown during the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial at the federal courthouse in Dallas, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Pat Lopez)

Take action: Call the US Congress to request commutations for the Holy Land Five

December 20, 2016

86 Days of Hunger Strike: Supreme Court suggests force-feeding for Shadid and Abu Fara

December 18, 2016

Take Action: Demand action to free British citizen Fayez Sharary from Israeli prison

December 11, 2016

Take action: Palestinian lawyer Anas Barghouthi pursued by Israeli occupation for three years

December 5, 2016

Take Action: 68 days of hunger strike for Shadid and Abu Fara – Bodies on the line against administrative detention

December 1, 2016

Take Action: Ahmad Abu Fara and Anas Shadid on 47th day of hunger strike, shackled to hospital beds

November 10, 2016

Take Action: Demand release of detained Palestinian human rights defender and BDS leader Salah Khawaja #FreeSalah

November 5, 2016

“Disgraceful” Palestinian Authority arrests Palestinian youth for posting a video

October 23, 2016

STATEMENTS

Justice orgs call for protection of human rights defenders working on issues related to Palestine

December 12, 2016

Palestinian prisoners’ leader Bilal Kayed released today in victory secured in 71-day hunger strike

December 12, 2016

G4S sells off bulk of its Israeli business, including prison operations, in major achievement for global boycott struggle

December 3, 2016

Samidoun salutes Fidel Castro’s lifetime of revolutionary struggle, from Cuba to Palestine

November 26, 2016

Samidoun statement: Solidarity with Jailed HDP Leaders, Freedom for all Kurdish and Turkish Political Prisoners

November 5, 2016

Balfour Declaration: 99 years of colonialism, 99 years of resistance

November 3, 2016

Samidoun statement in support of SFSU/An-Najah agreement and Palestinian scholars under attack

October 6, 2016

New Video: Samidoun’s Mohammed Khatib on Black-Palestinian Solidarity and Liberation Struggles

September 2, 2016

#NoDAPL: Stand with Standing Rock against the Dakota Access Pipeline

August 30, 2016

Samidoun international coordinator denied entry to Palestine, interrogated about BDS and prisoner solidarity

August 22, 2016

FOCUS: RASMEA ODEH

New attack on Rasmea Odeh as U.S. Attorney levels new charges against Palestinian American ex-prisoner, torture survivor

December 14, 2016

Rasmea Odeh Gets a New Trial; Tell McQuade to Drop the Charges Now!

December 6, 2016

Protests continue as hearing cancelled in case of torture survivor, former prisoner Rasmea Odeh

December 1, 2016

26 November, Houston: Houston Supports Rasmea Odeh

November 24, 2016

28 November, NYC: New York Demands Justice for Rasmea Odeh

November 16, 2016

Rasmea Odeh Update: All Out for November 29 federal court hearing (Time Updated!)

November 11, 2016

11 November, Cambridge: Justice for Rasmea Odeh! PTSD, Asylum, and Political Prosecution

November 2, 2016

18 October, NYC: Justice for Rasmea Organizing Meeting

October 16, 2016

Rasmea Odeh’s lawyers file motion “to protect defendant from additional harm”

September 8, 2016

Rasmea’s prosecutors deny the horror of torture; Judge Drain accepts their argument

August 31, 2016