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December 2019
Online: Live interview with Samidoun’s Charlotte Kates
Sunday, 22 December 4:00 pm (Scotland time) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/559993348117048/ Broadcast by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, via https://www.facebook.com/scottishpsc Charlotte Kates is the international coordinator of Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, a network of activists working for the realization of the rights of Palestinian political prisoners. Mick Napier will interview Charlotte from Vancouver where she and her Palestinian husband, Khaled Barakat, currently reside. Until recently, they were based in Berlin, until Barakat was subjected to a political ban and their…
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Athens: Confront Netanyahu & Stop the Gas Deal between Greece, Cyprus and Israel!
Thursday, 2 January 8:00 pm Rally at Panormou Metro Station March to Israeli Embassy Athens, Greece More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/638767350194708/ The progressive forces of Greece, the Network of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and Samidoun Network - Greece call on all to participate in a march of anger against the Zionist war criminal Netanyahu's visit to Athens for the signing of the agreement for a pipeline to sell stolen Palestinian gas. On 2 January, the butcher of the Palestinian people, prime…
Find out more »NYC: Premiere of “Advocate”
Friday, 3 January 7:00 pm Quad Cinema 34 W. 13th St NYC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/493861737919447/ **ADVOCATE's Theatrical Premiere - New York** WHEN: Friday, January 3rd, 7.00pm WHAT: Film and Q&A with ADVOCATE Directors WHERE: Quad Cinema, 34 W. 13th Street, NYC ADVOCATE is the award-winning documentary about lawyer Lea Tsemel, who has dedicated her life to representing Palestinian defendants in apartheid Israel. The film, co-directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche, has been shortlisted for an Oscar. “We get to…
Find out more »Edinburgh: Saturday Stand in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners
Saturday, 4 January 1:00 pm Waterloo Place Edinburgh, Scotland Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/478986972799576/ Join with SPSC Edinburgh this Saturday to support the Palestinian hunger strikers. Meet at 1.00pm for our monthly stall next to the Wellington statue in Waterloo Place at the east end of Princes St. Palestinian detainee Ahmad Zahran has endured over 100 days of hunger strike, demanding freedom from his Israeli imprisonment, conducted without charge or trial, Since launching his strike he has suffered from a serious deterioration in…
Find out more »Los Angeles: Premier of “Advocate”
Saturday, 4 January 7:00 pm Laemmle Royal 11523 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2232679453698808/ **"ADVOCATE Theatrical Premiere - Los Angeles ** WHEN: 7PM, Saturday January 4th WHAT: Film and Q&A's with Directors of Advocate WHERE: Laemmle Royal, 11523 Santa Monica Blvd, West Los Angeles ADVOCATE is the award-winning documentary about lawyer Lea Tsemel, who has dedicated her life to representing Palestinian defendants in apartheid Israel. The film, co-directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche, has been shortlisted…
Find out more »Marseille, Avignon, Gardanne, Martigues, Paris: “Behind the fronts” screenings and discussions w/Dr. Samah Jabr and Alexandra Dols
Schedule and details at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/525341364726458/ Monday, 6 January 11:00 am Secours populaire Marseille, France Tuesday, 7 January 8:15 pm Cinema Utopia-Avignon Avignon, France Wednesday, 8 January 8:00 pm Cinema les 3 Casinos Gardanne, France Thursday, 9 January 8:00 pm Cinema Le Renoir Martigues, France Friday, 10 January 8:30 pm Cinema Les 3 Luxembourg Paris, France Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/591972398247995/ Screening of the film, "Behind the Fronts" and a discussion with director Alexandra Dols and Dr. Samah Jabr, Palestinian psychiatrist and writer.…
Find out more »Boston: Overcoming the Israeli Suppression of Palestinian Science
Friday, 10 January 5:30 pm MIT Wong Auditorium 70 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/688195321682031/ The Israeli occupation stifles Palestinian life and science, and deprives the international scientific community from the creativity and experience of the Palestinian scientific community. Join us for the launch of the International Meeting of Science for Palestine with an evening and discussion including some of the most world’s most prominent scientists, such as MacArthur Fellow Nergis Mavalvala, 2018 Chemistry Nobel Prize winner George Smith, Palestinian…
Find out more »Toulouse: Stand Palestine – Freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat!
Saturday, 18 January 11:00 am Metro Capitole Toulouse, France Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2789999011064518/ Between 15 and 29 January 2020, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is calling for an international week of action for the freedom of PFLP General Secretary Ahmad Sa'adat, imprisoned by the Israeli occupation. On this occasion, we will organize a Palestine Stand on Saturday January 18 from 11 am to 1 pm to inform about the situation of Ahmad Sa'adat and that of all Palestinian prisoners. Please join us!…
Find out more »Brussels: Demonstration for Lebanon and Palestine
Sunday, 19 January 6:00 pm Franklin Rooseveltlaan 101 Brussels, Belgium Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1467621210028698/ Brussels component of this day of action: a rally will take place in front of the Lebanese Embassy, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 101, in 1050 Brussels, on 1/19 at 6 p.m. The uprising of the Lebanese people against corruption and the economic policies which aim to make people pay for the crisis in the system is part of a vast movement of struggles which crosses the continents. Among the…
Find out more »Netherlands: Poster Campaign – Freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat, Mays and Tareq!
In Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/113024180050107/ Poster campaign: Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners! From 15 to 29 January we participate in the international action weeks for Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners. To reach as many people as possible, we will spread posters in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague! To join, please send us a message on Facebook or email us at samidoun@protonmail.com or receive posters to spread in your own city! Please send us pictures of…
Find out more »Gothenburg: Solidarity Night – Freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat!
Monday, 20 January 6:00 pm Syndikalistiskt Forum Linnegatan 21 Gothenburg, Sweden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/782847918898925/ On January 15, 2002, the Palestinian Authority arrested Ahmad Sa'adat, secretary general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Sa'adat was then taken captive under the auspices of the United States and Britain. During a violent attack in 2006, he was kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces and is now serving a 30-year sentence on Israeli prison. To mark Ahmad Sa'adat's case as one of many,…
Find out more »Redon: Film screening and discussion with Salah Hamouri
Thursday, 23 January 8:10 pm Cine-Manivel 12, quai Jean Bart Redon, France Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/597434517707508/ Join AFPS 44 for a screening of the film "Mafak" with a discussion with Salah Hamouri, French-Palestinian lawyer and former political prisoner held in Israeli jails. Projection du film “Mafak” et rencontre avec Salah Hamouri avocat et ancien prisonnier politique palestinien.
Find out more »La Roche-sur-Yon: Screening of “Mafak” and Discussion with Salah Hamouri
Friday, 24 January 8:30 pm Cinema Le Concorde 8 rue Gouvion 85000 La Roche-sur-Yon, France Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1505989399576913/ Screening of the film "Mafak" and discussion with Salah Hamouri, Palestinian lawyer and former political prisoner, on the situation of Palestinian prisoners detained by the Israeli occupation. Projection du film "Mafak" et rencontre avec Salah Hamouri avocat et ancien prisonnier politique palestinien. Le vendredi 24 janvier 2019 au cinéma Concorde à la Roche sur Yon à 20h30, projection du film "Mafak" (le tournevis)…
Find out more »Manchester: Imperialist Hands off Iran! Free Palestine!
Saturday, 25 January 2020 12:00 pm Piccadilly Gardens Manchester, UK Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2576439375943153/ Open mic protest to stand against imperialist aggression and Zionist colonisation in the Middle East. Break Britain's links with Israel, end the drive to war on Iran and demand freedom for Palestinian political prisoners. Called as part of the international actions called by the US Answer coalition and Samidoun's campaign to free Ahmed Saadat.
Find out more »Saint-Etienne: Support Palestinian prisoners!
Saturday, 25 January 2:30 pm Place du Peuple Saint-Etienne, France Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/591675994721902/ Stop the Zionist colonization of Palestine and stop the support of Europe and the US! As of March 2019, there were 5,450 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, including 48 women, seven members of the Palestinian legislative council, 340 prisoners from East Jerusalem, 294 from Gaza and 70 Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Find out more »Damon Prison: Stop Administrative Detention – Free Samah Jaradat and Mays Abu Ghosh
Saturday, 25 January 3:00 pm Damon Prison occupied Palestine Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/606263186823626/ Freedom for the kidnapped students Samah Jaradat and Mays Abu Ghosh from the occupation prisons! Protest the extension of the administrative detention of Shorouq Al-Baden for another six months! יום שבת ה- 25.1.20 בשעות 3-4 אחה"צ משמרת מחאה الحرية للمختطفات سماح جرادات وميس أبو غوش تمديد الاعتقال الإداري للأسيرة في سجون الاحتلال شروق البدن لستة أشهر إضافية كفى لسلطة المخابرات !! ישוחררו החטופות סמאח ג'רדאת ומייס אבו גוש! צו…
Find out more »Tunisia: Solidarity Stand with Ahmad Sa’adat
Saturday, 25 January 4:00 pm Municipal theater Tunis, Tunisia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/798654993967373/ The Tunisian Solidarity Campaign for Georges Ibrahim Abdallah will organize a solidarity stand with Ahmad Sa'adat, Georges Abdallah and all the prisoners of freedom as part of the international weeks of solidarity with Ahmad Sa'adat. Please join us - your attendance is a message of loyalty to the road of freedom and the path of dignity and steadfastness. Victory to Palestine - glory to the martyrs - freedom for…
Find out more »Paris: Freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat and Georges Abdallah!
Sunday, 26 January 3:00 pm Place de la Republique Paris, France Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/319279442282196/ Gathering on Sunday, 26 January 2020 from 3 pm to 5 pm to demand the release of Ahmad Sa'adat, Georges Abdallah and all the Palestinian prisoners. Rassemblement samedi dimanche 26 janvier 2020, de 15h à 17h, pour exiger la libération d'Ahmad Sa'adat, de Georges Abdallah et de tous les prisonniers palestiniens. Appel à l’action du 15 au 29 janvier 2020 : liberté pour Ahmad Sa’adat et pour…
Find out more »Vancouver: Freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat – Freedom for Palestine
Tuesday, 28 January 7:00 pm Centre for Socialist Education 706 Clark Drive Vancouver, BC, Canada Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/591115181622292/ Join Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, International League of People's Struggle (ILPS) Canada and the Canada Palestine Association for an important discussion on the case of Ahmad Sa'adat, Palestinian political prisoners and the struggle for the liberation of Palestine today at the Centre for Socialist Education: Speaker: KHALED BARAKAT, Palestinian writer and international coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat, will present…
Find out more »February 2020
Copenhagen: Solidarity Cafe – Free Ahmad Sa’adat and Georges Abdallah
Sunday, 23 February 3:00 pm Internationalt Forum Griffenfeldsgade 41 Copenhagen, Denmark Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/720565685142301/ On Sunday, 23 February, the Internationalt Forum will host a solidarity cafe focusing on political prisoners, especially Lebanese revolutionary Georges Abdallah and PFLP General Secretary Ahmad Sa'adat. Coffee, beer, tea and cakes available at solidarity prices! Program: Introduction to the stories of Georges Abdallah and Ahmad Sa'adat Short videos about the two prisoners Discussion on the role of political prisoners in the liberation struggle Organizer: Internationalt Forum…
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