Palestine’s embassy to Hungary shares messages from Hungarian activists on Prisoners’ Day

On the occasion of Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Hungary produced and released a recorded video titled: “From the Liberated to Palestine – A Message on Prisoners’ Day.”

The video message, which opened with the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Hungary, Dr. Fadi Elhusseini, standing in tribute to the prisoners, featured around 22 Hungarian activists. Among them was Hungarian artist “G Ras,” who chanted for a free Palestine before hundreds of thousands of Hungarians on the eve of the parliamentary elections, as well as activist Richard Walter, a participant in the Global Steadfastness Flotilla heading to break the blockade on Gaza, who recorded his message from the sea.

The video also included several well-known activists in Hungary, in addition to Amir Al-Atti, a Hungarian child of Palestinian origin, known for reciting Hungarian poems about liberation dating back to the 1950s, drawing parallels between their themes and the current Palestinian reality. The message paid tribute to the steadfastness of the Palestinian people in general, and to the prisoners in particular, emphasizing that justice is not revenge and cannot be built on oppression.

Participants asked: “What kind of justice is it that puts the victim on trial?” They highlighted that behind bars lie untold stories of pain, and that a human being has been deprived of the most basic rights. Participants also expressed their rejection of violations against prisoners and their absolute opposition to death sentences, calling for their immediate halt. They stressed that silence does not justify injustice, nor does it negate rights—rather, silence is complicity—pledging to stand with the prisoners and with Palestine today and every day.

The message concluded: “Because freedom is indivisible, and justice does not change, we say: freedom and justice for the Palestinian prisoners. We will continue to chant until Palestine is free: Freedom, freedom for Palestine.”

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