[Ppnews] 5th anniversary of Sa'adat's abduction, join the movement to end Oslo

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On fifth anniversary of Sa'adat's abduction, join the movement to end Oslo

March 15, 2011 marks the fifth anniversary of the storming of Jericho 
prison and the abduction of Palestinian national leader Ahmad Sa'adat 
and his comrades by the Israeli occupation military. 
<http://freeahmadsaadat.org/5thanniv.html>On this anniversary, the 
Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat emphasizes that the strength and 
determination of the Palestinian people to free all prisoners from 
the occupation jails has remained steadfast and strong, and calls 
upon all to support and join in the March 15 protests for Palestinian 
unity and against the Oslo agreement. Despite the abuse and isolation 
they have suffered, the Palestinian prisoners and the Palestinian 
people will continue to resist occupation, racism, and settlement in 
order to obtain their rights to freedom, self-determination and return.

Since his abduction, Ahmad Sa'adat has been subjected to repeated 
mistreatment, denial of family visits and denial of medical care in 
occupation prisons. He has been held in isolation since March 19, 
2009, with his isolation repeatedly renewed. Despite the occupation 
prisons' practices, which run contrary to international norms and 
human rights standards, Sa'adat has continued to stand firm and 
steadfast with the Palestinian people and their rights, and while the 
jailers have isolated Sa'adat physically, they have failed to isolate 
his words or his spirit - the Palestinian people and the world stand with him.

The anniversary this year of Ahmad Sa'adat's abduction comes in 
conjunction with the March 15, 2011 protests to end Palestinian 
internal division and overthrow the Oslo agreement and all of its 
products. Sa'adat's abduction, coming as it did from a Palestinian 
Authority prison established under the terms of Oslo and its 
"security cooperation", was itself a manifestation of Oslo and the 
fracturing of the Palestinian internal front.

On this anniversary, the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat echoes 
Sa'adat's call for support for the March 15 demonstrations. Sa'adat's 
wife, Abla, reported on March 11 that he called for all Palestinians, 
inside and outside Palestine, to participate in the protests and 
expressed his "sincere greetings for all of the efforts led by 
Palestinian youth, and affirmed that all prisoners in the jails of 
the occupier are with them, support their movement and their demands."

The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat calls upon all of its supporters 
around the world to join in and support Palestinian efforts for March 
15 demonstrations in all area, including actions and demonstrations 
called by local Palestinian communities, and to raise the struggle of 
Palestinian prisoners, one of the central demands of the March 15 
protests. We join with Ahmad Sa'adat and share his conviction in the 
ability of the Palestinian people to take the initiative in their 
hands and pressure for change, to end the division, and end the 
destructive era of the Oslo agreements and "negotiations."

On the fifth anniversary of Ahmad Sa'adat's abduction, it is long 
past time to end once and for all the dangerous and deeply damaging 
policy of security coordination, a policy responsible for ongoing 
political repression, human rights violations and threats to the 
Palestinian cause. We emphasize that the policy of Palestinian 
Authority security coordination with the Israeli occupation is the 
cause not only of Ahmad Sa'adat's imprisonment but also of ongoing 
arrests, prosecutions, torture and fear for Palestinians in the West 
Bank. The Palestinian Campaign in Solidarity with Ahmad Sa'adat has 
labeled the policy of security coordination "national treason against 
the people and the resistance." The policy of security coordination 
is a threat to the Palestinian cause and the entire Palestinian 
people, and is a slap in the face to the thousands of Palestinian 
prisoners in the occupier's jails and threatens all of the 
accomplishments of the Palestinian revolution over its decades.

On this anniversary, we reiterate our call to all organizations in 
solidarity with Palestine, prisoners' rights and human rights to join 
the Campaign, and for international authorities, including the United 
Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, to take up 
their responsibility to address the ongoing suffering and abuse of 
Palestinian political prisoners by occupation forces, including the 
abuse of child prisoners and the denial of medical care to ill prisoners.

Five years after Ahmad Sa'adat's abduction from Jericho prison 
alongside his comrades, the Sa'adat, the Palestinian prisoners and 
the Palestinian people remain steadfastly in confrontation of 
occupation and oppression. On this anniversary, we salute Ahmad 
Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners and pledge to continue our work 
until all Palestinian political prisoners - and all of Palestine - are free.

<http://freeahmadsaadat.org>Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat



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