“Samidoun is led by Charlotte Lynn Kates, Dave Diewert and Thomas Gerhard Hofland. Kates is a New Jersey native and Rutgers University graduate, married to Khaled Barakat, who was born near Jerusalem. Barakat is considered to be a PFLP leader by the US government. He was deported from the United States in 2003.[10][11][3] The couple are banned from entering the European Union.[12][13] Kates was arrested in April 2024 after she allegedly “praised the 7 October attacks and referred to a number of terrorist organizations as heroes”[citation needed] at a demonstration in Vancouver. She travelled to Iran to accept an Islamic Human Rights and Human Dignity Award in August 2024.[14]”

Taken from the Samidoun wikipedia page. Going to Iran to accept a Human Rights Award is a special kind of fucked up.

“On the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks, a speaker at a rally in Vancouver organized by Samidoun identified themselves with Hezbollah and Hamas and called for death to the United States, Canada, and Israel. Participants at the same event were seen burning a Canadian flag.[18] Samidoun confirmed and defended the actions, saying they accurately reflected its goal of “destroying the colonialist, capitalist state of Canada” and stand by the “death to Canada” phrase “as the call to action that it is”.[19][20]”

Edit: yes, I see the citation needed on the claim that she celebrated the October 7th attacks by Hamas. Certainly nobody should be celebrating a mass murder of civilians, but we do see lots of “well they asked for it” here on certain lemmy instances.