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submitted 14 hours ago by Keeponstalin@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

The US and Canada have called The Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network a “sham charity” and declared that anyone doing business with or donating to the group could face criminal charges.

Samidoun (meaning steadfast in Arabic) was formed in support of the 2011 hunger strike by Palestinians in Israeli prisons. At the time, there were fewer than 5,000 in indefinite “administrative detention” - effectively in limbo and held without charge.

Now, according to the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, there are about 9,500 such prisoners. And for researchers and activists, Samidoun has been a resource in the campaigns to free these detainees.

Samidoun's website describes the group as "an international network of organizers and activists working to build solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in their struggle for freedom".

In 2022, the US State Department cited Samidoun as a source in its annual human rights report for the West Bank and Gaza. That report is still available on the site.

The group has long expressed public support for armed resistance in occupied Palestinian territories - a stance which has been dramatically amplified since Israel's war on Gaza following the 7 October attacks on southern Israel.

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[-] dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago

Good. No place for antisemite terror-supporter.

[-] shaserlark@sh.itjust.works 1 points 49 minutes ago

Did they critcize that Israel locks up children without trial aka holds them hostage or what exactly makes them „antisemite terror-supporters“?

[-] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Yea, that's what happens when you incite violence with a call to action: saying "Death to Canada".

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 2 points 7 hours ago

When and where did they say that?

[-] tortillaPeanuts@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

Their official Instagram was banned so it seems it was posted on an affiliated account.

“We acknowledge that the community was shocked by the phrase, and the burning of the Canadian flag that came after the march was concluded. Yet, we at Samidoun stand by this phrase as the call to action that it is,” wrote the group in a lengthy statement posted to Instagram. Source

[-] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

When you are losing the propaganda war you have to silence the opposition. US/Nato shows its true colours

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