A number of left, progressive and labor forces in Latin America, as well as Palestinian community institutions, have joined in a campaign to support Ahmad Sa’adat. These organizations signed on to the campaign in response to Comrade Sa’adat’s recent nine-day hunger strike in protest of the policy of isolation and denial of rights used against Palestinian prisoners.
The organizations that signed on to the campaign, as of June 19, 2009, were:
Palestinian Federation of Chile
Palestinian Democratic Committee – Chile
General Union of Workers of Chile
Committee of Solidarity with the Palestinian people – Ecuador
The Revolutionary Left Movement of Ecuador, MIR
Committee of Solidarity with the Palestinian People – Argentina
Committee of Solidarity with the Palestinian People – Uruguay
Committee of Solidarity with the Palestinian People – Brasil
