Sumoud (steadfastness in Arabic), is a political prisoner solidarity group established by a group of organizers in Toronto, Canada. We gather information and resources primarily around Palestinian political prisoners being held by Israel, of which there are approximately 11,000 currently behind bars. We also take up the imprisonment of political dissidents as well as indigenous, refugee, immigrant and racialized people workdwide, as well as the role of the prison industrial complex in criminalizing poverty and political resistance. Central in our approach is an understanding of the illegitimacy of the prison as an institution in itself and the need for its abolition. Sumoud is part of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid network and the Global Campaign for Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions against the Israeli apartheid Regime.

On 27 October 2009, Adalah submitted an appeal to the Supreme Court of Israel on behalf of Walid Dakka, who is a Palestinian citizen of Israel classified by the Israel Prison Service as a ‘security prisoner’, to overturn a Nazareth District Court decision, dated 21 September 2009, prohibiting allowing him from having children. The appeal was submitted by Adalah Attorney Abeer Baker.

Jamal Jum'a [Huffington Post] 28 October 2009 - My friend and fellow organizer Mohammad Othman, a 34-year-old Palestinian human rights advocate, was detained by Israel on September 22 while returning home from meetings with Norwegian government officials.