Palestinian prisoner, Birzeit University student Shahd Owaida, was sentenced by an illegitimate zionist military court to 9 months in prison and a 2,000 NIS fine. She is scheduled to be released on December 26, 2024.
Shahd is a left-wing student activist originally from Beita, Nablus, and a computer science student. She was arrested on March 27 after a rally at which she gave a moving and powerful speech. Fadia Barghouti, one of her fellow prisoners released on May 21, describes her as “as solid and tall as the mountains of Nablus”.
She is one of 89 women prisoners and hundreds of imprisoned Palestinian students, many of whom have been specifically targeted for their student organizing and activism. At a time when students in the United States, Belgium, Canada, France, Britain and across Europe are being targeted for persecution for their involvement with student encampments for Palestine and the struggle to end university complicity and investment in Zionism and imperialism, solidarity with Palestinian students under attack is particularly urgent to fight criminalization, repression and silencing in Palestine and everywhere.
The Free Palestinian Students campaign posted a video of Shahd speaking at the March 27 rally at Birzeit University:
Shahd is a left-wing student activist from Beita, Nablus, and a computer science student. She was arrested on March 27 after a rally at which she gave a moving and powerful speech. pic.twitter.com/hkZJ44Kor4
— Free Palestinian Students (@freepalstudents) December 1, 2024
Free Shahd Owaida and all Palestinian prisoners in zionist, imperialist, PA and reactionary regime prisons!
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