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JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA ORGANISATIONS STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH ASIER AND YOUSSEF: AN OUTRAGEOUS ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH AND PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY We, the undersigned journalists, editors, and media organisations, issue this collective statement to register our absolute condemnation of the politically motivated arrests of internationalist activists Asier and Youssef. On 16 June, Spanish police launched a coordinated operation under the sweeping guise of anti-terrorism laws, targeting the pair entirely for their administration of @Frontflict - a Telegram news channel dedicated to providing journalistic updates on the Middle East. These absurd charges are trumped-up accusations designed to exploit longstanding political prejudices against Basque activists and manufacture a narrative of guilt before trial. Let us be completely unambiguous: @Frontflict is a news outlet, and documenting conflicts is the core function of journalism, not terrorism. Even Spanish National Court Judge José Luis Calama initially pushed back on the police files, describing them as a collection of "hypotheses and assumptions without objective basis". This overreach is part of a calculated pattern of state-sponsored intimidation, where more and more governments are weaponising legal networks to shield the perpetrators of war crimes and silence those documenting the ongoing genocide in Gaza. To criminalise anti-Zionist reporting and public opposition to genocide is an existential threat to independent journalism globally as well as to free speech. We stand unyielding in solidarity with Asier and Youssef, and we demand the immediate drop of all provisional charges and their total acquittal. We call on independent journalists, press freedom advocates, and media collectives globally to resist this flagrant abuse of power by co-signing this statement, republishing it on their platforms and continuing to protect independent information channels that dare to expose the truth. Co-signed by: Unbanned Archive [Co-Signed by members of the Khaybar News Network, Fajr Network, Global News Network and Al Waad Al Sadiq Network] #FreeAsierAndYoussef

Samidoun Network from Samidoun Madrid ¿Sabes quién es el mayor traficante de órganos? Samidoun Madrid celebró el 15 de julio la cuarta sesión de su ciclo formativo, dedicada a la retención de cuerpos palestinos y el robo de órganos. Ante unas treinta personas reunidas en la Librería Molar, las compañeras presentaron el resultado de un amplio trabajo de investigación que recorrió décadas de esta política colonial: los “cementerios de números”, los cuerpos mantenidos durante años en cámaras frigoríficas, Abu Kabir y la extracción de órganos y tejidos, las evidencias médicas denunciadas desde Gaza y las investigaciones sobre redes internacionales de tráfico de órganos. Porque para el pueblo palestino, la lucha por recuperar a sus mártires es también una lucha por la dignidad, la memoria y el derecho de las familias a enterrar a sus seres queridos. 🇵🇸 Libertad para los presos y presas palestinas. Libertad para los mártires encarcelados. Palestina vencerá. https://samidoun.net/es/2026/07/cuerpos-palestinos-retenidos-y-robo-de-organos-cuarta-sesion-formativa-de-samidoun-madrid/

Samidoun Network from Al-Ahrar Toronto To commemorate an important day* in the history of the joint Palestinian-Lebanese struggle against Zionist colonialism, Al-Ahrar Palestinian Prisoner Support invites you to take a look back at two successful executions of the most material path to liberating the prisoners: the prisoner exchange. *It is on this day in 2008 that six Palestinian and Lebanese fighters and the bodies of 200 martyrs were liberated at the hands of Hezbollah. Read full piece on our website: https://alahrartoronto.org/prisoner-exchanges-of-the-islamic-resistance-in-lebanon-hezbollahs-victories-in-2004-and-2008/

Samidoun Network from ICSSMarx ICSS Sunday Morning Marxist Forum The Islamic Resistance, the Revolutionary Left and Anti-Imperialist Struggle Speaker: Charlotte Kates Date: Sunday, July 19, 2026 Time: 10:30 AM Pacific Time REGISTER TO JOIN LIVE ON ZOOM: https://icssmarx.org/sign-up-for-our-newsletter-and-zoom-links/ Around the world, and particularly in the Arab and Iranian region (West Asia), the leading anti-imperialist forces coming into direct confrontation with the United States and the Zionist project are Islamic Resistance forces, including in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and Iran. The United States targets these organizations, and states, with criminalization, sanctions and direct military assault. At the same time, imperialist politicians, governments and think tanks regularly raise an alarm about the threat to U.S. hegemony posed by a potential “red-green alliance,” a unified revolutionary/anti-imperialist front involving Islamic resistance and revolutionary left movements at an international level. How should Marxists and left revolutionaries understand the Islamic resistance movements? What is the potential for building a united front? We will discuss these questions on Sunday, July 19, with Charlotte Kates, co-founder of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, deputy secretary-general of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, and longtime activist for justice and liberation in Palestine. Based in Lebanon, Charlotte recently returned from Iran, where she attended the millions-strong funeral commemorations for Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei.

Samidoun Network from Dismantle Damon Niveen Abdullah نفين عبدالله from Tulkarm, occupied West Bank, was arrested on 16 April 2026, on the eve of Palestinian Prisoner’s Day. The visit of lawyer Hassan Abbadi took place after two previous attempts; he waited on 14 May 2026 at the prison gate for hours and it did not happen because of the “major repressive raid,” then, also the visit of 08 June 2026 did not happen due to a state of emergency. Niveen spoke about the raids that the occupation ordered in the prison, about her health, and sent greetings to her family.

Samidoun Network from Al-Ahrar Toronto On July 12th, 2006, twenty years ago to this very day, Hezbollah successfully carried out a cross-border mission to liberate Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners that they titled Operation True Promise. To commemorate this day, Al-Ahrar Palestinian Prisoner Support is re-publishing an English-language translation of Sayyed Nasrallah’s speech from this press conference. Full speech on our website: https://alahrartoronto.org/on-this-day-in-2006-operation-true-promise/

Samidoun Network from Samidoun Barcelona 💥NOVA SESSIÓ AFEGIDA💥 Us convidem a participar al taller de lectura del llibre "La revolución palestina 1936-1939 de Ghassan Kanafani". Tindrà lloc al Banc Expropiat (Carrer Quevedo 13-15) els dies 10 i 17 de juny, 1 i 8 de juliol, a les 19:00. Llegirem els capítols totxs juntxs el dia del taller! Serà la versió en castellà. Link per a descarregar el llibre: https://ja.cat/d7tm1 Formulari d’inscripció (places limitades): https://ja.cat/idrem Si esteu inscritxs i no podeu venir, envieu un correu a elbanc@riseup.net Amb la participació de Samidoun i la Biblioteca del Banc Expropiat 📅 dimecres 1 i 8 de juliol ⏰ 19:00 - 20:30 📌 Banc Expropiat (c/ Quevedo 13) <M> L4 Joanic, Verdauger <M> L3 Diagonal 🔗 ja.cat (https://ja.cat/idrem)

Samidoun Network from Free Lebanese Prisoners On 26 June 2026, the Lebanese government and the Zionist entity, under the auspices of the United States, announced the signing of a so-called "framework agreement" that poses an extreme danger to the people, land and future of Lebanon. In reality, this agreement provides only a framework for the surrender of South Lebanon, its people, its villages and its land; normalization with the Zionist entity; attacks against the Lebanese Resistance -- the sole source of self-defense for the Lebanese people against ongoing Zionist aggression; submission to United States tutelage and Zionist occupation; relinquishment of the legal, political and natural rights of the Lebanese people; and abandonment of the dozens of Lebanese prisoners currently held in occupation prisons. As the International Campaign to Free Lebanese Prisoners, we join the Lebanese people, a broad array of political movements, and the Resistance -- and the global movement that stands against U.S. imperialism and Zionist colonialism -- in expressing our outrage at this dangerous "framework agreement," and our commitment to work for the liberation of Lebanese prisoners and of all Lebanese land from the Zionist occupation entity. Read the full statement: https://freelebaneseprisoners.com/the-framework-agreement-of-shame-we-will-not-abandon-our-prisoners/

Samidoun Network from Dismantle Damon