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Ottawa dissolves designated terror group Samidoun

Samidoun's Canadian founder, Charlotte Kates, travelled to Iran to receive a reward from the Islamic theocracy in 2024.

Clayton DeMaine
Mar 31, 2026
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The Canadian government has officially shut down Samidoun about 18 months after the group was designated as a terrorist entity.

The Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network was designated as a terrorist group in October 2024, yet still held charity status in Canada for well over a year, which even enabled the group to tie up Canada’s courts with lawsuits against Canadian political leaders.

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