January 15, 2015 marked the 13th anniversary of the arrest of Ahmad Sa’adat, Palestinian national leader and General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, by Palestinian Authority security forces. Sa’adat, along with his comrades, would remain imprisoned in the Palestinian Authority’s Jericho prison under U.S. and British guard until 2006, when the prison was attacked by Israeli occupation forces, abducting Sa’adat and his fellow Palestinian political prisoners.
The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat marked an international day of action on January 15, calling for the freedom of Sa’adat and all Palestinian political prisoners, and an end to Palestinian Authority security coordination with the Israeli occupation – the security coordination which led to Sa’adat’s original arrest and imprisonment. Organizations around the world expressed their support for Ahmad Sa’adat and the over 6,500 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, from Argentina to Brazil and France.
An Israeli military order recently prohibited Sa’adat from receiving any family visits; since 2006, he has been prohibited visits from three of his four children, and now his wife Abla, who has been a prominent international spokesperson for the Campaign, as well as a Palestinian feminist organizer, is prohibited from family visits.
Events and actions took place in France, Italy and Ireland in solidarity with Ahmad Sa’adat and Palestinian prisoners on January 15. Please see below for updates and reports!
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