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In the Face of Shackles\u2026 Freedom is Born<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To our great people everywhere,
To the free people of the world and all those with living consciences,<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

On April 17th of every year, the Palestinian people \u2014 along with the free people of the world \u2014 commemorate Palestinian Prisoners\u2019 Day. It is a day to renew our commitment to those who have paid a heavy price in defense of dignity and freedom \u2014 those who have given the best years of their lives behind bars, carrying their homeland in their hearts and holding on to truth despite the chains and the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This day is a reaffirmation that the issue of prisoners in the occupation\u2019s jails is a central national cause, inseparable from the overall Palestinian struggle against colonialism. It is a moment to shed light on the suffering of thousands of prisoners \u2014 women, children, the ill, and those who were martyred behind bars. It is also an open call to the global conscience: to act, to listen, and to break the wall of silence in the face of genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank \u2014 a reality in which Palestinian prisoners<\/a> are subjected to war crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palestinian Prisoners\u2019 Day is a constant reminder to the world that behind barbed wire lie lives fighting with patience and steadfastness, writing history with their blood \u2014 despite all attempts to isolate and erase them. On this day, we repeat our cry: freedom is a right that cannot be delayed. Those who sacrificed for Palestine will never be forgotten, and our prisoners must never be left alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, over 9,500 prisoners are held in occupation prisons, including 21 women and 350 children, more than 120 of whom are under administrative detention \u2014 held without charge or trial. They face brutal policies: violence, starvation, torture, medical neglect, and visitation bans \u2014 under an international silence that is both alarming and complicit in the occupation\u2019s genocidal policies against our people and our prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among these prisoners are some who have been incarcerated since 1967. Some have died in custody, and even in martyrdom, their bodies are still held hostage by the occupation. Over one million Palestinians have experienced imprisonment over the years \u2014 a testament to the scope of this ongoing, collective targeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are 3,405 administrative detainees behind bars \u2014 the highest number since the Palestinian uprisings \u2014 including women, children, and the sick. Their legal rights are systematically denied: court hearings are frozen, renewals are rampant, and access to lawyers is blocked. Fourteen Palestinian mothers are denied access to their children, suffer isolation and raids, are deprived of medical care, and endure conditions that leave deep physical and psychological scars over years of imprisonment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 350 children face horrific abuse: from violent night arrests to harsh interrogations, physical and psychological torture, to hunger and neglect. Recently, the first child martyr in prison since the genocide was killed: Walid Ahmad (17) from Silwad \u2014 a chilling symbol of this regime\u2019s barbarism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent months, 62 prisoners have died due to torture, neglect, and denial of treatment. Many of their bodies are still withheld by the occupation as bargaining chips \u2014 including that of Walid Daqqa, the imprisoned intellectual, leader, and author from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Meanwhile, 24 prisoners remain in the so-called \u201cclinic\u201d of Ramla prison \u2014 in conditions unfit even to be called catastrophic, with no treatment, no examinations, no care. They are simply left to die slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the free people of the world\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the face of these terrifying facts, these bleeding numbers, the suffocated cries inside cells\u2026
In the face of mothers forbidden to hug their children, of children thrown into cold dark cells instead of sitting in classrooms\u2026
In the face of martyrs who fall in prison and the sick left to die\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the face of the suffering of Gaza\u2019s prisoners in particular \u2014 we call on you, in the name of what remains of justice and humanity, to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Internationalize the cause of Palestinian prisoners \u2014 expose the occupation\u2019s crimes and prosecute the perpetrators in every global forum. The prison walls must no longer remain sealed off from humanity\u2019s conscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Launch sustained support campaigns in schools, universities, public squares, and in front of international institutions \u2014 to keep the prisoners\u2019 cause front and center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Call on the international community and the International Committee of the Red Cross to fulfill their responsibilities \u2014 especially to investigate the fate of 85 missing persons from Gaza, believed to have been detained after October 7th, and to end the policy of enforced disappearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Mobilize at the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court to document the occupation\u2019s crimes against prisoners and classify them as war crimes that demand accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Demand the UN send a fact-finding mission to occupation prisons to investigate the conditions of children, women, and sick prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Expand boycott and sanction campaigns \u2014 especially against companies involved in supporting the prison system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Organize permanent protests and sit-ins in front of Red Cross offices and Israeli embassies in world capitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Transform Palestinian Prisoners\u2019 Day into a Global Week of Solidarity with Prisoners everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the free people of the world,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our prisoners are not numbers or statistics. They are the voice of resistance. They are the dignity of our nation. They are the salt of our land \u2014 Palestine, from the river to the sea. They gave up their freedom so that Palestine would remain alive. The prison did not erase them \u2014 it strengthened them. They are symbols of resilience, of hope, of steadfast resistance. They are the heartbeat of Palestine, resisting occupation from behind barbed wire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us be loyal to their pain that never subsides, their dreams not yet realized, their heroism that the world has not yet heard as it should.
Let us raise our voices everywhere, in every forum, and let the world know:
Our prisoners are the symbol of dignity \u2014 and we will never stop fighting until they are free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, for our prisoners, for Palestine:
Freedom for our prisoners! Freedom for Palestine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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