On Thursday, 17 April, as part of the international events for Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, the Comité de soutien à la Palestine 31 in Toulouse, France called for a rally to demand the release of all Palestinian prisoners.
The mass imprisonment and incarceration of Palestinians has been central to the Zionist entity’s colonial domination since its inception. Currently, more than 10,000 Palestinians remain detained in Zionist prisons.
But prison is also a central place of organization, mobilization, and collective struggle against the colonial state. Despite the terrible treatment they endure in Zionist prisons, prisoners continue to organize and develop their forms of resistance.
Participants in the demonstration expressed their solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, and emphasized the campaign to free Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese political prisoner and staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause, imprisoned in France for over 40 years.
The demonstration also highlighted various cases in the imperial core where Palestinians and supporters of Palestine are facing repression and imprisonment for their support of the Palestinian people’s struggle, such as Anan Yaeesh in Italy and Mahmoud Khalil in the United States.
Following the rally, a dynamic procession formed, chanting slogans all the way to the Galerie al Karmel, where the opening of the exhibition “Gaza 2001 – Window on Life” by Laurent Loubet took place.
The exhibition is open from April 17 to May 8. The organizers strongly encourage all to visit and spread the word.
During the following weekend, posters in support of the prisoners were seen in public locations around Toulouse.
As part of the international day of mobilization for the release of Palestinian prisoners, banners reading “Free Palestine” and “Free Palestinian prisoners” were seen near the Toulouse ring road.
Let us continue to escalate the mobilization against the repression of support for the Palestinian people’s struggle, for the release of all prisoners, and for a free Palestine from the river to the sea! Long live the struggle of the Palestinian people, freedom for all prisoners!
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