The Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) issued a statement calling for the release of imprisoned Palestinian parliamentarian, leftist and feminist leader Khalida Jarrar:

Upon learning of the arrest of Khalida Jarrar, advocate, parliamentarian and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) by the Israeli occupation forces, and the subsequent imposition of a 6-month administrative detention order against her, the PCPE states:

We demand the Israeli occupation authorities immediately release Comrade Khalida Jarrar without charge, and end their persecution of her organization and members of Palestinian popular organizations.

We join the international campaign to denounce the arrest and persecution of Comrade Jarrar.

We express our solidarity with our comrades in the PFLP and their struggle, and we support all initiatives to release the leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine detained in Israeli jails.

Madrid, April 11, 2015