Palestinian prisoner support network responds to US, Canada sanctions

A day after the US and Canada imposed sanctions on the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, the organisation responded in a statement, calling the decision an "attempt to repress political organising in support of the Palestinian people’s struggle against genocide, colonialism and occupation".

"It is a coordinated attempt by the enemies of the Palestinian people to stop every form of solidarity with the Palestinian people and political organizing efforts to end Israel’s genocide, crimes against humanity and occupation," the group said.

"Our response to this designation is clear: we will keep struggling to stop the genocide, stop imperialist support for Israel, until the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea," it added.

Palestinian activists in the US have expressed fears that over the past year of the Israeli war on Gaza, the US government has begun increasing the surveillance and repression of pro-Palestinian activities in the country.