News - Middle East: A Canada-based activist group says Palestinian supporters have faced an unprecedented level of repression and prosecution across the North American country due to their stance against Israel's savage military campaign in Gaza.

According to a recent statement by the Canada Palestine Association (CPA), every major city in the country has witnessed politically motivated cases claiming fraudulent charges against activists who stand against Zionism and its narrative.
The latest of these politically motivated charges happened a few days ago in Vancouver BC, as the international coordinator of Samidoun, Charlotte Kates, was shortly detained and charged with "hate speech" offenses.
She was released on the outrageous condition that she does not attend any “protests, rallies or assemblies” until the court date of October 8.
All this is apparently for supporting the right of the Palestinian resistance to fight back against Israeli military oppression and during a rally speech on April 26.
The Zionist lobby has been on a witch-hunt against Kates, Samidoun and her husband, Khaled Barakat, for several years now.
They have been pushing the federal government to include Samidoun on Canada’s “terrorist” list, and CIJA even included this demand as part of their last election platform.
Elsewhere in the statement, the CPA also criticized the double standards of Canadian politicians and media regarding how they treat pro-Palestine activists and groups versus how they treat Zionists.