11 February, Athens: Solidarity Demonstration to Free Palestinian Detainee Mohammed Khatib

Call for a Solidarity Demonstration for the Palestinian detainee Mohammed Khatib
Tomorrow, Wednesday 11/02 at 18:30 – Syntagma Square (Athens)

We call for a mass popular mobilization demanding the immediate release of the Palestinian activist and European coordinator of the Samidoun Network, Mohammed Khatib, who was arbitrarily arrested on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at Heraklion Airport in Crete. The Greek government, acting on the orders of murderous Zionist and imperialist forces, falsely labeled him a “threat to national security”  in order to pave the way for his deportation and to silence one of the strongest voices of solidarity with Palestinian prisoners.

At present, our comrade is being held at the Heraklion Security Directorate in Crete under appalling and humiliating conditions, inside cells that lack even the most basic sanitary standards and are infested with bedbugs. As a result, he has suffered a severe infection and painful skin rashes. Despite official medical reports, the authorities are vindictively denying him access to medical treatment and communication, while there are reports of the theft of his personal money and the continuous mockery of his lawyers by the guards.

This persecution is not an isolated incident, but part of a coordinated international attack aimed at criminalizing the Palestine solidarity movement. From “terrorist lists” in the United States and Canada to bans in Germany and arrests in Italy, the European system seeks to intimidate those who expose the war crimes in Gaza and the struggle of more than 10,000 Palestinian prisoners in the occupation’s prisons. The Greek state, deeply entangled in Zionist plans through energy agreements and military cooperation, chooses the path of repression against those who resist genocide.

We will not become accustomed to oppression. We will not tolerate enslavement or collaboration with murderers. We stand firmly by the side of Mohammed Khatib and demand the end of all persecution and his immediate release. We will not grow accustomed to death or injustice we will continue to struggle for freedom until victory.

All solidarity with Mohammed Khatib.

Freedom for all Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners in the occupation’s prisons.

Freedom for Palestinian prisoners everywhere.

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

Samidoun Network – Greece