40 years in prison, a lifetime of struggle: FREE GEORGES ABDALLAH!
On June 19, Georges Abdallah will face a new hearing in French courts after 40 years of imprisonment. The Lebanese Arab Communist and struggler for Palestine Georges Abdallah has been jailed in France since 1984 and remained imprisoned, despite being eligible for release since 1999. Successive French governments have blocked his release even when he has achieved victories in the courts; the United States and the Zionist regime have joined hands to demand he remains imprisoned.
Most recently, in November 2024, a French court ordered Georges released and returned to his homeland, Lebanon. However, the state appealed the case, with a ruling expected on February 20 — which was then postponed again until June 19, with the Public Prosecutor’s Office continuing to appeal the order for his release. The postponement was justified on the basis of an an “effort to compensate the civil parties” — that is, compensate the United States government as a “victim,” for the CIA agent and Mossad agent killed in the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Faction’s operation. Abdallah’s lawyer called this action “unprecedented political pettiness” — and it is a clear effort to keep Georges behind bars.
As June 19 approaches, it is more important than ever to emphasize the broadest possible call to free Georges Abdallah, part and parcel of the demand to free Palestine from the river to the sea and free all Palestinian prisoners, including those held in Zionist, imperialist and reactionary regime prisons. Come together to say: Free Georges Abdallah! Free Palestine!
EUROPE-WIDE DEMONSTRATION IN PARIS, JUNE 14
We call upon all supporters of Palestine, of justice, and of people’s liberation across Europe to join us in Paris, June 14, for the mass march and demonstration to free Georges Abdallah. Buses are already coming from Brussels and Charleroi in Belgium and group delegations are coming from Italy to join this collective march. We urge cities and communities across the continent, organizations and concerned individuals to travel en masse to Paris on June 14 to be part of this critically important mobilization:
2 pm
Place de la République
Paris, France
This is the moment to raise your voice and show that the people demand freedom for Georges Abdallah — and liberation for Palestine. The demonstration is being organized by the Unitary Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah, with a large number of contingents and blocs with banners and calls to action!
Samidoun Paris Banlieue is part of an anti-imperialist and anti-colonial contingent in this mass demonstration, which also includes the Paris Mobilization for Kanaky, the Dioxin Vietnam Collective, the Committee to Support the Philippine Revolution, Giovani Palestinesi Italia, Kifah Nantes, The Free Georges Abdallah Collective 38, Pan-African League Umoja, Pan-African Brigade for Palestine, Plate-forme Charleroi Palestine, Samidoun Brussels, Secours Rouge International, Young Struggle, ZORA and various collectives from the 18th and 20th arrondissements of Paris.
As genocide and colonization intensify in Palestine, as the courageous resistance of the Palestinian people against the imperialist war machine continues unabated, in the context of widespread repression in the imperial core – dissolutions of organizations, bans on demonstrations, state repression – let us take to the streets as the decisive hearing on June 19 approaches! He is part of our struggle, we are part of his: Free Georges Abdallah!
INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF ACTION, JUNE 11-19
If you are not in Europe or you cannot come to Paris for the June 14 action, you can still participate in the international week of action — which also coincides with the Global March to Gaza and the March to Gaza taking place to the Rafah Crossing in Egypt to break the siege on Gaza and confront the Zionist genocide and starvation policy.
We join the Unitary Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah in urging collectives and organizations around the world to organize events and actions to free Georges Abdallah and to include the call for his liberation — and the liberation of all Palestinian prisoners — in events and actions for Palestine and to end the ongoing Zionist-imperialist genocide in Gaza. At this moment, it is critically important to escalate the pressure on France to end its ongoing and active complicity in genocide — a complicity that includes the imprisonment of Georges Abdallah, the persecution of Palestinian and Palestine solidarity activists, the dissolution of organizations struggling for a free Palestine, alongside the purchase and sale of weaponry with the Zionist regime.
In North America, the Tariq el-Tahrir Youth and Student Network has assembled a toolkit of actions and resources for Georges Abdallah.
In Madrid, there will be a demonstration on Friday, June 13 at 7 pm at Plaza Lavapies in Madrid, responding to the international call to action.
Here are some actions you can participate in and organize in your area:
- Bring posters, flyers and materials about Georges Abdallah to your next demonstration for Palestine and to end the genocide in Gaza, or distribute them in your community. (download materials on Georges Ibrahim Abdallah here)
- Organize a protest, action, delivery of a letter of protest or banner drop at a French embassy or consulate in your city or country.
- Download the poster for the release of Georges Abdallah to print and distribute widely
- Hold a screening of the film “Fedayin, Georges Abdallah’s Fight” near you, which retraces his story and that of Palestine. Contact us if you are interested in a speaker, either in-person or virtually!
Georges Abdallah said in October 2024:
It is urgent to do everything possible to counter and stop the Zionist barbarism underway in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon….Despite the genocidal, large-scale aggression against Gaza these days, in which tens and tens of thousands of martyrs and wounded have been added to the terrible widespread destruction of Gaza’s entire living space, the resistance remains unshakeable, protected and endorsed by the Palestinian popular masses.
Gaza will never raise the white flag of surrender. Neither the Zionists nor any other criminal force will ever succeed in breaking the will of the resistance in Gaza.
On June 11-19, 2025, let us take action together, to stand with Gaza, stand with Palestine and the Palestinian people, and stand with Georges Abdallah and the Palestinian prisoners — against the genocidal forces of imperialism and Zionism.
Contact us at samidoun@samidoun.net if you would like to come together for any upcoming events or actions. As Georges Abdallah says: It is together, and only together, that we will win.
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