Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is a network of organizers and activists, based in North America, working to build solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in their struggle for freedom. We work to raise awareness and provide resources about Palestinian political prisoners, their conditions, their demands, and their work for freedom for themselves, their fellow prisoners, and their homeland. We also work to organize campaigns to make political change and advocate for Palestinian prisoners’ rights and freedoms. Learn more....
PLC member Ahmad Zarir arrested by occupation forces
5 hours ago
Israeli occupation forces arrested Ahmed Musa Zarir, 52, on Friday, August 22. Zarir is an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. His home in Samu, near al-Khalil, was raided by a large number of Israeli soldiers who ransacked the home before taking Zarir. Zarir is the latest member of the Palestinian Legislative Council to […]
Take Action: Demand cancellation of Khalida Jarrar’s expulsion order
21 hours ago
Stand with Khalida. Stand with Justice. Stand with Palestine. Please visit the Khalida Jarrar Solidarity Campaign at http://samidoun.ca/khalidajarrar and join us to take action! Khalida Jarrar, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, leader in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and longtime advocate for Palestinian political prisoners, was given an internal expulsion order […]
Addameer: Urgent – Palestinian Legislative Council Member Khalida Jarrar Expelled to Jericho
1 day ago
Occupied Ramallah, 20 August 2014 - The Israeli Military Governor in the West Bank has signed a military order expelling Palestinian Legislative Council Member and Addameer board member Khalida Jarrar to Jericho for a period of six months, with immediate effect. At 1.30 A.M on 20 August 2014 approximately 50 Israeli occupying soldiers surrounded Jarrar’s home in Ramallah. […]
PFLP leader Jarrar ordered deported to Jericho from Ramallah in dawn raid
2 days ago
Occupation forces raided the home of Khalida Jarrar, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, in Ramallah early on Wednesday morning, August 20, handing her an order for deportation within 24 hours to Jericho for an indefinite period. The occupation forces attempted to force Jarrar […]
Former hunger striker Halahleh among 14 Palestinians arrested by occupation army
3 days ago
14 Palestinians, including former prisoner Thaer Halahleh, were arrested by Israeli occupation forces in raids throughout the West Bank late Monday night and early Tuesday morning, August 18 and 19. Halahleh, a former long-term hunger striker who also contracted hepatitis during prison dental surgery, had been released in May. He has spent over 9 years […]
Bring Mumia Home Campaign: From Ferguson to Gaza We Charge Genocide
3 days ago
The following statement is republished from Existence is Resistance. Solidarity with and freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal and all political prisoners in US jails, including all of the prisoners of the Black Liberation Movement: The Campaign to Bring Mumia Home & The International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal A Message of Solidarity From Ferguson […]
10 Palestinians held in administrative detention and legislator sentenced to 20 months
3 days ago
10 Palestinians were sentenced to administrative detention, a form of imprisonment without charge or trial for up to 6 month renewable periods, on Monday, August 18. There are now over 466, after 288 people have been held under administrative detention since mid-June 2014. The 10 new administrative detainees, who are held solely on secret evidence […]
Occupation forces violently storm Palestinian prisoners’ rooms 16 times in August
3 days ago
Occupation forces’ special units and prison guards have stormed prisons holding Palestinian political prisoners 16 times since the beginning of August 2014, reported Riad al-Ashqar of the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies. Raids took place 5 times in Negev (Ketziot) prison, 4 times in Gilboa, Ofer 3 times, Ramon twice, and once each in Ashkelon, […]
Mona Qa’adan denied family visits for two years
3 days ago
IMEMC published the following story on August 19: The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has reported that a Palestinian woman, kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel since 2012, has never been allowed any family visits, especially since Israel labels her entire family as a “security threat”. The PPS said Mona Qa’dan, held at the HaSharon Israeli Prison […]