On the occasion of Palestinian Prisoner's Day, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) affirmed that this year's commemoration comes amidst an unprecedented escalation in the policies of repression and arrest to which prisoners are subjected within Israeli prisons.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), in a statement seen by the Yemeni News Agency (SABA) on Friday, said that Palestinian Prisoners' Day is an open battle between freedom and the system of genocide, in which the will of the Palestinian people is embodied in the arenas of heroism and confrontation with the Zionist genocidal system.
The PFLP added that the fascist onslaught is intensifying with the passage of the so-called "Law on Executing Prisoners," which represents a dangerous shift towards legitimizing systematic killing and turning prisons into execution grounds under a criminal and racist legal guise.
The statement continued that the Palestinian prisoners' movement represents a steadfast vanguard of struggle that has transformed prison cells into spaces of resistance and schools of revolutionary consciousness, noting that the prisoners, including a number of leaders, embody the unity of the Palestinian national struggle.
The statement paid tribute to the martyrs of the prisoners' movement and to the heroic prisoners, foremost among them the Secretary-General, Comrade Leader Ahmad Sa'adat, and the iconic leaders: Marwan Barghouti, Hassan Salameh, Bassam al-Sa'di, Wajdi Joudeh, and Ahed Abu Gholmeh, as well as all the female and male prisoners who embody the unity of the national struggle. It affirmed that "their sacrifices are a continuous pledge in the conscience of our people until they achieve their complete and undiminished freedom."
The statement explained that this anniversary coincides with an unprecedented escalation in policies of repression and extermination, as prisoners are subjected to a systematic campaign led by the fascist war criminal Ben-Gvir. This campaign targets their physical and psychological well-being through torture, solitary confinement, medical neglect, administrative detention, and even the policy of starvation, depriving children, women, and the elderly of the most basic necessities of life.
The statement added, "Prisons have become modern-day models of extermination camps, as is happening in the Sde Teiman detention center to prisoners from Gaza, where the most heinous forms of torture and physical liquidation are practiced amidst a shameful international silence. This situation represents a blatant expression of the fascist and racist nature of the entity and a glaring revelation of the international system's inability to enforce even the minimum standards of justice and humanity."
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine affirmed that the prisoners' cause is a national liberation issue at the forefront of its priorities, stressing the need to redefine their international status as "freedom fighters," while renewing its absolute confidence in the resistance's ability to devise ways to secure their freedom.
It also emphasized that true loyalty to the prisoners lies in building a comprehensive national strategy and restoring national unity as a fundamental guarantee for preserving their cause and providing them with political, legal, and media protection, thus preventing any attempt to isolate them or marginalize their sacrifices. The Front demanded the immediate internationalization of the prisoners' issue and their recognition as "prisoners of war," the launch of an international campaign to overturn the "law to execute prisoners" as a war crime, and the prosecution of those responsible for systematic killings and racist legislation before international courts.
The Front called for an escalation of popular and global struggle to break the silence and build an international solidarity front that effectively boycotts the enemy. It also paid tribute to the prisoners of conscience who were arrested for supporting our just cause, especially the prisoners' cause, holding the international community and the Red Cross fully responsible for the lives of the prisoners.
The Front demanded the dispatch of independent international commissions of inquiry to uncover the fate of the prisoners, especially those from Gaza, and to put a definitive end to the policy of impunity.
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