16/10/2024 — The Canadian government has designated Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, an international network that supports and advocates for
So where’s the proof? If the Canadian government is going to make this kind of claim, they should cite their evidence. You don’t expect a guilty verdict without seeing the reasoning behind it.
“Samidoun is led by Charlotte Lynn Kates, Dave Diewert and Thomas Gerhard Hofland. Kates is a New Jersey native and Rutgers University graduate, married to Khaled Barakat, who was born near Jerusalem. Barakat is considered to be a PFLP leader by the US government. He was deported from the United States in 2003.[10][11][3] The couple are banned from entering the European Union.[12][13] Kates was arrested in April 2024 after she allegedly “praised the 7 October attacks and referred to a number of terrorist organizations as heroes”[citation needed] at a demonstration in Vancouver. She travelled to Iran to accept an Islamic Human Rights and Human Dignity Award in August 2024.[14]”
Taken from the Samidoun wikipedia page. Going to Iran to accept a Human Rights Award is a special kind of fucked up.
“On the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks, a speaker at a rally in Vancouver organized by Samidoun identified themselves with Hezbollah and Hamas and called for death to the United States, Canada, and Israel. Participants at the same event were seen burning a Canadian flag.[18] Samidoun confirmed and defended the actions, saying they accurately reflected its goal of “destroying the colonialist, capitalist state of Canada” and stand by the “death to Canada” phrase “as the call to action that it is”.[19][20]”
Edit: yes, I see the citation needed on the claim that she celebrated the October 7th attacks by Hamas. Certainly nobody should be celebrating a mass murder of civilians, but we do see lots of “well they asked for it” here on certain lemmy instances.
Expressing your viewpoint on a conflict is not grounds to be deemed a terrorist in Canada. Here is the actual process.
Specifically:
The process of listing begins with criminal and/or security intelligence reports on an entity disclosing the reasonable grounds to believe that the entity has knowingly carried out, attempted to carry out, participated in or facilitated a terrorist activity; or the entity has knowingly acted on behalf of, at the direction of or in association with, an entity involved in a terrorist activity.
And none of what you provided is actually saying they funded a terrorist organization.
So where’s the proof? If the Canadian government is going to make this kind of claim, they should cite their evidence. You don’t expect a guilty verdict without seeing the reasoning behind it.
Taken from the Samidoun wikipedia page. Going to Iran to accept a Human Rights Award is a special kind of fucked up.
Edit: yes, I see the citation needed on the claim that she celebrated the October 7th attacks by Hamas. Certainly nobody should be celebrating a mass murder of civilians, but we do see lots of “well they asked for it” here on certain lemmy instances.
Expressing your viewpoint on a conflict is not grounds to be deemed a terrorist in Canada. Here is the actual process.
Specifically:
And none of what you provided is actually saying they funded a terrorist organization.