Mohammed Khatib, the coordinator of the Samidoun network for Europe, was withdrawn his status as a refugee by the General Commission for refugees and stateless (CGRA), announces the Belga agency.
Last year, the Office of Foreigners asked for the withdrawal of the right of asylum from which Mr. Khatib benefited. The Belgian authorities criticize the interested party his activity within this organization which is defined as an international solidarity network to Palestinian prisoners. According to the evening, the man, of Palestinian origin, is inscribed by the organ of coordination and analysis of the threat (OCAM) as “preacher of hatred” and intends to appeal the decision of the CGRA.
Samidoun is in the viewfinder of the government which has quoted it several times as one of the organizations which could be prohibited within the framework of the new device aimed at the radical and extremist organizations of the Minister of the Interior, Bernard Quintin (MR). The Council of Ministers approved the draft law before the parliamentary holidays.
The Samidoun organization has regularly been talked about since the start of the bloody repression operation led by Israel in the Gaza Strip. Regular object of the warnings of several Jewish associations, it actively participates in the demonstrations and actions of solidarity with the Palestinians alongside other associations. It was prohibited in Germany in November 2023 on the grounds that it would propagate anti -Semitism and glorify various terrorist movements, including Hamas, author of the terrorist attack on October 7, 2023 in Israel.
