As Abla Sa’adat is Liberated, Join the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat during Toufan al-Ahrar

In the early dawn hours of 20 January 2025, Abla Rimawi Abdel-Rasoul Sa’adat, the wife of Ahmad Sa’adat, imprisoned Palestinian national leader and General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was liberated in the first day of the first stage of the Flood of the Free/Toufan al-Ahrar, the prisoner exchange achieved by the Palestinian Resistance as part of the ceasefire agreement to the genocidal Zionist aggression on Gaza. She had been imprisoned without charge or trial under “administrative detention” — along with over 3,000 fellow Palestinian prisoners — since September 2024, and her detention had just been extended days before her liberation.

The 90 women and youth prisoners released late Sunday/early Monday were subjected to severe abuse and mistreatment; multiple women were dragged by their hair after being held in an extremely cold bus with the air conditioning blasting (in mid-January), beaten and strip-searched. Amid this situation, Abla was told that her name was not on the list, requiring urgent intervention to ensure that she was released and the terms of the exchange upheld. As a Jerusalemite, she was released separately like other Palestinians from Jerusalem, many of whom were subjected to threats and home invasions by occupation forces to prevent their release from being celebrated openly.

The release of Abla Sa’adat is part of the victories of the resistance achieved through their heroism, bravery and steadfastness through 470 days of genocidal aggression on Gaza, and comes amid this year’s Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners.

This year’s week is especially important amid the Flood of the Free exchange. Prisoners like Ahmad Sa’adat, and his fellow Resistance leaders like Marwan Barghouti, Abdullah Barghouti, Hassan Salameh, Anas Jaradat, Ibrahim Hamed and Abbas al-Sayyed will potentially be liberated in the second stage of the exchange, part of the second stage of the ceasefire. Therefore, it is particularly urgent to publicize their names and cases — to highlight the prisoners with lengthy sentences and support the resistance’s demand for their liberation, while celebrating the exceptional accomplishments of the Flood of the Free and the Resistance on a daily basis. 

Endorsers of the Week of Action in 2025 include:

>> Click here to Endorse the Week of Action (Organizational Endorsements) <<

Some of the upcoming events for the Week of Action include:

NEW YORK CITY:

Teach-In & Art Build:Tuesday, Jan. 21 | 5-7pm | Sign-up link: bit.ly/saadatnyc

Protest & Rally: Wednesday, Jan. 22 | 3-5pm | The comprador “Palestinian Authority” Mission to the UN (115 E 65th St, New York, NY 10065).

23 years after his arrest, it is long past time for freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat, his fellow Resistance leaders and all Palestinian Prisoners in Zionist, imperialist, reactionary and Palestinian Authority jails.

Learn more, take action, and amplify the call!

PARIS:

On Wednesday, January 22, at 5 pm, at the Place de la Sorbonne, organized by the Student General Assembly and the Unitary Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, rally to free Georges Abdallah and Ahmad Sa’adat:

As the Week of Action launched, Mohammed Khatib, coordinator of Samidoun in Europe, appeared on Salaamedia in South Africa to discuss the campaign to liberate Palestinian prisoners:

In Marseille, France, on 19 January, Jeunes Communistes 13 rallied to free Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese struggler for Palestine whose liberation has been ordered by the French courts pending a decision on 20 February, and Ahmad Sa’adat:

In Zurich, participants in a conference on revolutionary politics expressed their solidarity for Ahmad Sa’adat and Georges Abdallah:

In Barcelona, Catalonia, on 19 January, Mohammed Khatib of Samidoun spoke on a panel with multiple other activists and organizations, including the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, which included the call to action to free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners:

In Charleroi, Belgium, the Plate-Forme Charleroi-Palestine, Vie Feminine and other organization participated in the week of action, gathering to call for freedom for Abdallah, Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners, and to salute the Palestinian Resistance:

Earlier, members of Vie Feminine stood to show their solidarity in Charleroi:

Postering campaigns throughout Charleroi highlighted the call to action:

Meanwhile, in Paris, Samidoun Paris Banlieue highlighted collages of large posters and banners throughout the 20th arrondisement, highlighting the week of action and the campaign to free Georges Abdallah:

Posters appeared in various cities, including in Paterson, New Jersey, US:

and Vancouver, Canada:

In Toronto, members of the Palestine solidarity community put up a display in the centre of the city to highlight the Week of Action:

In Toulouse, France, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra postered calling for Sa’adat’s liberation in popular neighbourhoods:

Meanwhile, amid the announcement of the ceasefire, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra spoke, emphasizing the importance of continuing the struggle for the liberation of Palestinian prisoners:


In Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the student movement organized an educational event on Ahmad Sa’adat and the Palestinian prisoners:

In Madrid, Spain, the Masar Badil, Alkarama, Alyudur and Samidoun Spain rallied to end PA repression in Jenin — the same type of collaboration with the Zionist colonizer that imprisoned Sa’adat and his comrades between 2002 and 2006:

The Dismantle Damon campaign for Palestinian women prisoners joined the week of action, highlighting the imprisonment of both Abla and Ahmad Sa’adat:

Join the Week of Action: 

We call for an international week of actions from January 15th to January 22nd, calling for the liberation of Ahmad Sa’adat and his fellow resistance leaders, supporting the resistance’s achievements and demands, a prisoner exchange and an end to the genocide in Gaza and throughout occupied Palestine, and highlighting the malevolent role of the “Palestinian Authority” in the Palestinian liberation struggle. Take action to escalate against the zionist genocidal colonial entity, organise for justice in Palestine!

What can you do at you local level?

  • Endorse the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners.
  • Educate through your networks: organise a discussion on Resistance leaders and political prisoners, share resources about Ahmad Sa’adat and Palestinian prisoners on social media and in your community
  • Organise or join a protest or demonstration against the ongoing Zionist-imperialist genocide in Palestine with a contingent, signs or banners for Ahmad Sa’adat and the Palestinian prisoners
  • Organise a demonstration at a PA embassy or similar location to demand an end to the Palestinian Authority’s offensives in Jenin Camp and throughout the West Bank against the People and the Resistance.
  • Organise an event, protest, teach-in stand or letter-writing meeting for the Week of Action.
  • Organise events, actions and protests to demand freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners. Protest in public spaces, campuses and community spaces.
  • Join the social media campaign. Post a photo or a video message calling for freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat and his fellow Palestinian prisoners.
  • Support the liberation of Abla Sa’adat, Ahmad’s wife, imprisoned since September 2024.
  • Use the hashtags #freeallpalestinianprisoners, #freeahmadsaadat

“The Palestinian struggle for national liberation is part and parcel of the international movement of peoples for national liberation, international racial and economic justice, and an end to occupation, colonialism and imperialism.” – Ahmad Sa’adat

Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea! 

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