June 22: Ahmad Sa'adat greets the US Social Forum from his cell..
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QUOTE
"I too possess a will obtained from the justice of our cause and the determination of our people to reject any decision from this ‘kangaroo court" ’ and to preserve a logical and cohesive balance, and to continue my determination to resist your occupation alongside the sons and daughters of our people, in spite of the limited space that you impose on my already-limited movements as a ‘prisoner for freedom!’"
-Ahmad Sa'adat
NEWS
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Ahmad Sa'adat was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment by the illegitimate occupation military court on December 25, 2008 at Ofer Military Base in Ramallah, Palestine. Throughout the court's meetings, which Sa'adat refused to recognize, the trial was delayed on multiple occasions, despite Sa'adat's having been held in custody, of the Palestinian Authority under U.S. and British Guard, and then by the Israeli military after their attack on Jericho Prison on March 14, 2006. He was never tried during his four years in PA detention.
He was charged with a laundry list of "security offenses," political in nature: for example, membership in a forbidden organization, holding a post in a forbidden organization, and "incitement," for a speech condemning the Israeli military's murder of the man who held his post before him, Abu Ali Mustafa. Sa'adat refused to cooperate with the court, pointing out that it is an illegitimate court enforcing an illegal military occupation, and acting as a weapon of the occupation, to persecute Palestinian leaders and political activists and to undermine the Palestinian people's political activity. The thirty-year sentence imposed upon Sa'adat is the longest in the history of the occupation for such political charges.
UPDATES
July 4, 2010 - Stephen Lendman: Ahmad Sa'adat - Palestinian Prisoner of Conscience
June 22, 2010 - Family visits once again denied by occupation courts
June 22, 2010 - Ahmad Sa'adat greets the US Social Forum (Also available in French)
May 17, 2010 - Sa'adat calls for freedom for Palestinian prisoners
May 5, 2010 - Ahmad Sa'adat in Reuters interview: End occupation throughout Palestine
November 26, 2009 - Friends of Ahmad Sa'adat participation in Jericho political prisoners' conference
November 24, 2009 - New website for the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat in Denmark
November 22, 2009 - Resource Guide for the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat
November 14-15, 2009 - International Forum - Denmark calls for Freedom for Sa'adat
November 11, 2009 - Greek member of European Parliament raises the case of Ahmad Sa'adat
November 9, 2009 - Ahmad Sa'adat's letter calling for action against isolation (also in Italian and Greek)
October 22, 2009 - Outrage! Isolation of Ahmad Sa'adat extended six months
October 22, 2009 - Danish campaign for Ahmad Sa'adat
October 22, 2009 - Events across Palestine support Sa'adat
October 22, 2009 - Istanbul lawyers' conference supports Sa'adat
October 21, 2009 - International solidarity with Sa'adat escalates
October 21, 2009 - Increasing Arab action in solidarity with Sa'adat
October 21, 2009 - Campaign to Free Imprisoned PLC members supports Sa'adat
October 20, 2009 - Ramallah press conference exposes crimes against Sa'adat
October 17, 2009 - Take action to support Ahmad Sa'adat against isolation
October 17, 2009 - Download flyer to support Ahmad Sa'adat
October 19, 2009 - Galician Flyer for Ahmad Sa'adat
October 18, 2009 - Call in French for October 22 by ISM-France
October 18, 2009 - Polish article about October 22 by Pawel Bartolik
October 18, 2009 - Call in Greek for October 22
October 8, 2009 - Ahmad Sa'adat to have hearing on isolation on October 22, 2009
August 14, 2009 - Israeli prison administration forced to back down on solitary confinementAugust 11, 2009 - Ahmad Sa'adat moved to isolation in Ramon prison
July 18, 2009 - OSPAAAL issues statement in solidarity with Ahmad Sa'adat
July 18, 2009 - For Humanity by Hussin Ramadan
July 14, 2009 - U.S. national antiwar assembly unanimously supports resolution to free Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners
July 8, 2009 - Over 400 organizations and individuals endorse letter in support of Sa'adat
July 4, 2009 - Carlos Latuff contributes new cartoon in solidarity with Ahmad Sa'adat
June 30, 2009 - National Democratic Action Society of Bahrain supports Sa'adat
June 29, 2009 - Latin American leftists denied permission to visit Sa'adat
June 28, 2009 - Sign important letter to Ban Ki-Moon to support Freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat
June 25, 2009 - Bethlehem rallies for Sa'adat
June 23, 2009 - Renowned leftist from prison on rebuilding the movement, a new state and internal reconciliation
June 21, 2009 - World Federation of Democratic Youth supports Sa'adat
June 22, 2009 - Letter from Palestinian and Arab community in Venezuela
June 20, 2009 - Events in Palestine and Lebanon in solidarity with Sa'adat
June 19, 2009 - Palestinian institutions in Europe support Ahmad Sa'adat
June 19, 2009 - Latin American organizations join campaign in support of Ahmad Sa'adat
June 18, 2009 - Ahmad Sa'adat's isolation extended in retaliation for his defense of prisoners' rights
June 18, 2009 - Statement in solidarity with Ahmad Sa'adat from Irish Republican Socialist Movement
June 17, 2009 - Protests across Palestine and the Arab world in solidarity with Sa'adat
June 17, 2009 - Solidarity statement from Internationalt Forum - Denmark
June 16, 2009 - Solidarity statement from Palestinian Federation of Chile
June 12, 2009 - Statement in solidarity from Communist Organization of Greece (KOE)
June 11, 2009 - Ahmad Sa'adat on hunger strike: Solidarity needed
June 1, 2009 - Ahmad Sa'adat's letter from his isolation cell in Asqelan
March 18, 2009 - Ahmad Sa'adat transferred to isolation in Asqelan prison!
December 25, 2008 - Ahmad Sa'adat's statement before sentencing
December 25, 2008 - Ahmad Sa'adat sentenced to 30 years imprisonment by military court
December 15, 2008 - Take Action to Support Ahmad Sa'adat at Sentencing
November 25, 2008 - New: Petition for Ahmad Sa'adat
November 26, 2008 - Report on Events and Activities on November 25 Day of Action
November 24, 2008 - Statement from the Campaign on the November 25 "Court Hearing"
November 24, 2008 - National Lawyers Guild Supports Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat
September 28, 2008 - Trial of Ahmad Sa'adat postponed until November 25, 2008
September 4, 2008 - European Parliament calls for release of imprisoned PLC members
June 1, 2008 - Ahmad Sa'adat transferred to Hadarim prison from Nafha prison
May 30, 2008 - Abla Sa'adat speaks to celebration of the release of Mohammad Kana'anah, General Secretary of Abna'a el-Balad movement
May 18, 2008 - Soccer tournament in Gaza calls for freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat
May 11, 2008 - Ahmad Sa'adat greets Palestinian people on Nakba anniversary at hearing
April 24, 2008 - March and rally in Nablus for Ahmad Sa'adat and Palestinian prisoners
April 17, 2008 - Join the Friends of Ahmad Sa'adat Campaign!
April 17, 2008 - Statement from Canadian Arab and Palestinian organizations on Prisoners' Day
March 26, 2008 - American lawyer: Solidarity with Ahmad Sa'adat and Palestinian prisoners against illegitimate occupation courts
March 13, 2008 - 2nd Anniversary of the Abduction of Ahmad Sa'adat
January 15, 2008 - 6th Anniversary of Ahmad Sa'adat's Detention (English | French)
December 4, 2007 - International League of People's Struggle issues statement in support of Ahmad Sa'adat
November 26, 2007 - Sa'adat in "collective isolation" in Nafha; trial to meet next January 27
November 23, 2007 - Sa'adat transferred to remote Nafha prison; report on November 18 hearing
November 3, 2007 - National Lawyers Guild in the United States supports the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat
September 17, 2007 - Abla Sa'adat: Urgent medical care being denied to Ahmad Sa'adat
September 19, 2007 - Sa'adat: Decision to close Nafha association by the PA is illegal
September 17, 2007 - Sa'adat calls upon Palestinian people to uphold their national rights
September 9, 2007 - Palestinian political prisoners defy occupation courts, prisons
August 1, 2007 - Arab American Union Members Council in US issues call for Palestinian prisoners
July 30, 2007 - PLC member condemns Israeli trial of secretary-general of the PFLP
July 29, 2007 - Prisoners' support organization calls for release of PFLP leader Ahmad Sa'adat
July 29, 2007 - Sa'adat rejects Israeli charges against him
PRIOR NEWS
May 30, 2007 - Defiant Malluh refuses to testify against PFLP Secretary-General Sa'adat
May 30, 2007 - Court case of Sa'adat postponed until July 29
May 4, 2007 - Inter-Parliamentary Union expresses concern about Sa'adat case
2002 and 2006 - Amnesty International Statements regarding Sa'adat case
The following audio interviews, from Flashpoints Radio on KPFA, were recorded on March 14, 2006 following the siege on Jericho prison:
LISTEN NOW: Canadian journalist Jon Elmer (mp3 file)
LISTEN NOW: Palestinian writer Ali Abunimah (mp3 file)
The following video features Raji Sourani, one of Ahmad Sa'adat's attorneys, discussing the complicity and coordination of the US and the British in the Israeli siege on Jericho prison:
The following video features an interview (in Arabic, with French subtitles) with Ahmad Sa'adat, while he was held in Jericho prison:
The following video contains clips of various news programs that ran on the evening of March 14, 2006. Included are both programs from Arab media and Israeli government television; the latter is useful, if only to better understand the propaganda about Sa'adat transmitted through Zionist media.
The following video was created by the Irish Republican Socialist Committees, accompanying their statement of solidarity with Ahmad: