To demand the release of the political prisoner Mohad Gasmi, sign and share the petition on the link
Mohad Gasmi, a tireless environmentalist, a human rights activist from Adrar in southern Algeria and a father of three children, was arrested on 08 June 2020 over his political activities including his prominent role in the popular uprising (Hirak of 2019-2021) against the military dictatorship. Mohad has been a well-known grassroots activist within the unemployed movement since 2011 and represents a symbol of the 2015 anti-fracking protests refusing the exploitation of shale gas in the Algerian Sahara. Beyond his activism in his home-country, he has also been actively involved in regional initiatives such as the North African Network for Food Sovereignty and the Maghreb school for popular education.
Mohad Gasmi has been under arbitrary and cruel detention for almost three years now, in retaliation for his political activism against the ruling gangs in Algeria. He was judicially pursued in two separate cases with bogus accusations levelled against him. In the first case, he was falsely accused of advocating terrorism based on a Facebook post that dates back to January 2018, and was thus sentenced to two years in prison. As for the second case, he was accused of ‘sharing confidential information without the intent of treason and espionage’ and was prosecuted to three years of prison. The final decision on this case is awaiting to be upheld by the supreme court.
However, everyone is well aware that his political activism is the source of this state-led repression and that he has been persecuted by the military junta that cracked down on the popular movement since 2019.
Mohad’s situation today
There is a scarcity in media coverage of Mohad Gasmi’s case and a serious lack of solidarity actions with him either at the national, regional or international levels, which reflect a deeply worrying situation of human rights abuses, repression and suppression of freedoms (including media) in Algeria. In fact, this imposed media blackout and lack of solidarity exacerbate the cruel situation Mouhad finds himself in; a situation of isolation and feeling left alone in face of the abuse and the vengeance of the military dictatorship that wants to make an example out of him in order to dissuade other brave and dissident activists in following in his footsteps.
If the second sentence is upheld by the supreme court and if the two charges are joined in a single indictment, our comrade Mahad may be free in June 2023. However, given the arbitrary and vindictive character of the prosecutions and the big delays in dealing with his cases (waiting for the supreme court to pronounce on his second case since July 2022!), we have serious concerns and doubts that this will be the case. For instance, let’s not forget that he has been put in preventive detention from 8th June 2020 and for 470 days before being charged in the first case.
Mohad and his family are angry at these unfair trials and unjust treatment. However, they remain hopeful and perseverant, especially that Mouhad obtained his baccalaureate while in prison and that he enrolled in various professional education courses.
We, the undersigned:
- Demand that the Algerian authorities immediately release all political prisoners, including Mohad Gasmi.
- Show our solidarity with Mohad and would like to put a spotlight on his ordeal at the local, regional and international levels.
- Strive to break Mohad’s jail isolation and show that we haven’t forgotten him.
- Salute his family for their courage and steadfastness during this difficult period as well as his defence team who are doing their utmost best to release him.
- Call on all human rights organizations and defenders of democratic freedoms and justice to mobilize and support Algerian activists in the face of the repression wave that is affecting them.
Free Mohad Gasmi!
To demand the release of the political prisoner Mohad Gasmi, sign and share the petition on the link
List of Solidarity
- Nadège Lahmar, Individual researcher, Individual, Tunisia
- Fiona Dove, Transnational Institute, Both, Netherlands
- Ikal Ang’elei, Both, KENYA
- Sofia Lamanno, No one, Individual, Italy
- Crystal Simeoni, Nawi Afrifem Collective, Individual, Kenya
- Pascoe Sabido, Corporate Europe Observatory, Both, EU
- Carolina Achilles, -, indiv, Germany
- Rachmi Hertanti, Individual, Indonesia
- Gyekye Tanoh, Hand and Brain Africa Activist Research Initiative, Both, Ghana
- Anne Alexander, MENA Solidarity, individual, Britain
- Desmond D’Sa, South Durban Commubity Environmental Alliance, Both, South Africa
- Gökhan Çevik, None, Individual, Türkiye
- Nnimmo Nassey, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Both, Nigeria
- Ruth Nyambura, African Ecofeminist Collective, Both, Kenya – Africa
- Shailja Patel, Individual, USA
- Fatma Abdellah Mostafa Mohamed, an individual, an individual, Egypt
- Bronwen Tucker, Individual, Canada
- Helen Hart, Frack Free Leeds, Both, United Kingdom
- Ann Callarman, Individual, United Kingdom
- Miriam Scharf, National Education Union, International Solidarity Officer as individual, United Kingdom
- Andrew Reid, PCS, G&B TUC, Member & Officer of both, UK
- Andrea Gilbert, Unite the union, Individual, UK
- Miriam Lang, Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, individual, Ecuador
- Danny Chivers, N/a, Individual, United Kingdom
- Bob Archer, Redbridge Trades Union Council, Both, UK
- Asad Rehman, War on Want, Both, United Kingdom
- Mika Minio-Paluello, Energy Democracy Project, Energy Democracy Project, United Kingdom
- Ellen Robottom, Yorks and Humber Climate Justice Coalition, Both, United Kingdom
- Salome nduta, Oil watch Africa, Both, Kenya
- Noelie Audi-Dor, Gastivists collective, Both, Switzerland
- Sergio Espin, ClimAcció, individual, España
- Ramón Peñalba, Individual, Spain
- Alfons Pérez, Debt Observatory in Globalization -ODG-, Both, Catalonia
- Juan Bordera Romá, Individual, Spain
- Raul, Individual, Spain
- Sally Morgan, XR Leeds, XR Leeds, United Kingdom
- Sally Morgan, Individual, Individual, United Kingdom
- Pilar Fontserè, Individual, España
- Laura Bonastre, Individual, Espanya
- Fabian Freire Lopez, Grupo Libélulas, Both, Spain
- Christian Belsué Villar, España
- Kim Fletcher, NEU, Individual, UK
- Angel Encinas Carazo, Individual, España
- Maria Mestre Montserrat, CUP, As an individual, Espanya
- Carme Díaz, Individual, Spain
- Rima Maned, Individual, lebanon
- Pol Puig Biosca, Amnesty International, I am signing as an individual, Spain
- Jorge Zhou, Individual, Spain
- Olga Pradas Lluís, Individual, España
- Berta Iglesias Varela, Individual, España
- Sergi, Cooperativa Mas Les Vinyes, Both, Spain
- Abdallah Brahimi, Free lance, Free lance, Canada
- jorge sempere, tierra sana, both, spain
- cristina bajet mestre, Individual, Spain
- adria sole cantero, Individual, Espanya
- Beatriz Sevilla Valderas, Individual, España
- Barbara Ntumy, Individual, Ghana
- Amara Benamara, Militant, Individuel, France
- Evarist Almudéver, Individual, Individual, Spain
- Cathie lloyd, Individual, Individual, Scotland
- Sergi Nuss Girona, Individual, Catalonia
- Vasna Ramasar, Individual, South Africa
- Neema Pathak Broome, Kalpavriksh, Individual, India
- Silvia Llorente, Individual, Catalonia
- EDUARDO JESUS ROVIRA DEL RIO, INDIVIDUAL, SPAIN
- Michael Gbarale, Rainbow Watch and Development Centre, Individual and organization, Nigeria
- Álvaro Martín, None, Individual, Spain
- Jose Manuel Alonso Moreno, Individual, Spain
- Tom Kucharz, Ecologistas en Acción, Organization, Spain
- Abi taylor, Individual, Uk
- Bruna Cañada Roca, Observatori del Deute en la Globalització, Both, Spain
- JOSEFINA BEL, Individual, Spain
- Núria Mir, individual, spain
- Javier de la Herran Gascon, Individual, Spain
- Antonio Galindo Meroño, ARBA y ARMH, Individual, Spain
- Marcos Rivero Cuadrado, individual, United Kingdom
- Stephanie Pride, Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion UK, Individual, UK
- Brian Precious, Unite, Individual, United Kingdom
- Jean Blackwood, unknown, Individual, United States
- luis bardaxi olmos, Ecologistas en Acción, individual, spain
- Román Traver Lafuente, Individual, España
- Ashley Inglis, Individual, France
- Joan Buades Beltran, Individual, Espanya
- Benjamin Schuetze, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute, individual, Germany
- Cecilia Calleja, Individual, Spain
- Dolores Jiménez Roca, Harena, Both, Spain
- Clàudia Custodio, ODG, individual, Spain
- Juan Carlos Flores Solis, Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra y el Agua Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Both, México
- Maria T. San Sebastián, Individual, Spain
- Bruna Custodio, individual, Spain
- Rosa, Individual, Spain
- Luis González Reyes, Ecologistas en Acción, Individuall, Spain
- roser vernet, individual, Catalunya
- Vanesa Morales Morgado, As an individual, Espanya
- Felisa Aguilar duran, Greenpeace, Individual, Chile
- Spyridoula Danai Panagi, individual, Greece
- Amirouche Moussaoui, Canada
- Colectivo Maloka, Barcelona, organisation, Spain
- Maria Elena Fernández, Individual, Individual, Spain
- Àlex Catalps Berenguer, Can Cases sccl, both, spain
- Maria Casadevall Munné, Individual, Catalunya
- Maria Garcia, Ecologistes en Acció, Individual, Spain
- Mia Guiteres Oliva, None, Individual, Spain
- José Antonio Sardinero Olveira, Individual, Spain
- Ester vidal, Individual, Barcelona
- Adrià Bové Salat, Individual, Espanya
- Cristina Edo Miralles, Individual, Individual, Castello
- Daniel pardo Rivacoba, Individual, Spain
- Mattia Barbero, Individual, España
- karim.ben mustapha, Écologie politique, Individual, Tunisie
- Marija Mileta, Individual, Croatia
- Pablo Morata, Individual, Spain
- Inmaculada Saranova de Martín, IbizaPreservation, Both, España
- Inmaculada Saranova de Martínة Mal del Cap, Organisationة España
- Arnau Montserratة Remenatة Both, Spain
- Sergi Ezquerra Boschة Individual, Spain
- Alberto Aguirre, Individual, España
- Moutaa Amin Elwaer, Individual, Tunisia
- As an individual, South Africa
- ANNA PONS FRÍGOLS, Individual, Espanya
- Iñaki Ochoa Fernandez, Individual, Spain
- Claudia Bosch, Extinction Rebellion, Individual, Spain
- Martin Andrés Alonso Etayo, España
- Assumpta Benaiges, Individual, Individual, Catalunya
- Rafael Alday Aguirreche, Individual, Spain
- Patricia Verger, Individual, Spain
- Paola Hernández Borlán, individual, Spain
- Jaume Grau López, individual, Catalonia (Spain)
- Verónica, XR, Individual, Spain
- Óscar Cejudo Corbalán, NOVACT, Individual, Spain
- Sara Manserra, España
- Elena Isidro Higueras, Extinction Rebellion Barcelona, Both, Spain
- Julia Ponti Estrems, NOOVACT, Both, Spain
- Justyna Swidrak, individual, Spain
- Dídac Navarro Fernández, Ecologistes en Acció de Catalunya, both, Spain
- Joaquín José Martínez Sánchez, El Barco del Exilio, Both, Spain
- Patricia Ibarra, COMUNIDAD DE MADRD, Individual, SPAIN
- Fernando Márquez, Individual, Spain
- Sofía Vílchez Chaparro, Extinction Rebellion Granada, Both, España
- Mar Saiz, Individual, Individual, Spain
- Erika Navas Pascual, Teachers for Future, Individual, Spain
- Ignacio Hernández González, XR Madrid, Individual, Spain
- Nick Buxton, Transnational Institute, Individual, Wales, UK
- Beatriz Foncueva Peláez, Individual, Spain
- Rosa Seguí i Paloui, Individual, Catalunya
- Josep Codonyer Soria, Individual, Spain
- Raul Gálvez, Individual, SPAIN
- Vicent Cucarella, Individual, Spain
- Marcel Llavero Pasquina, Global Atlas of Environmental Justice, Individual, Spain
- Pedro Gil Santalla, Individual, Spain
- Mercedes Camps, Individual, Uruguay
- GEMMA TEJEDOR, ODG, Both, Spain
- Begoña de Bernardo MIño, Véspera de Nada, Ambos, España
- Lorenzo Witty Pou, Teachers for Future Catalonia, Both, Spain
- Feliu Madaula Canadell, Individual, Catalunya, Luz Rentero
- An individual, Spain
- Gemma Simón Mas, Individual, Spain
- Mariona Bosch Oliver, Individual, Spain
- Anna Sach, Individual, Germany
- Àlvar Anyó Anton, Intersindical Valenciana, Individual, Catalonia
- Ben Radley, University of Bath, Individual, United Kingdom
- Ahmad Ali, Amnesty, Deutschland
- Koen Bogaert, Ghent University, Belgium
- Robert Crespo, Individual, Spain
- Judit Pueyo, Individual, Spain
- Montserrat Majó, Spain
- Mónica López Sarrió, XR Valencia, Both, Spain
- Lucille Maybon, NOVACT, Organisation, Spain
- Ogunlade Olamide, CAPPA, As an orgnaisation, Nigeria
- Ivanka Puigdueta, Individual, España
- Adán Abajo, individual, individual, Spain
- Thomas Charles Johnson, Extinction Rebellion, Individual, Spain
- Lucrece Vervaeke, Pensionista, As an individual, Belgium
- Tom Westland, Wageningen U&R, Individual, Netherlands
- Asma Khalifa
- Miguel Ángel Sweeney, individual, España
- Ameen Lotfi, Individual, USA
- Laura Agea, Individual, Spain
- Ulrich Brand, University of Vienna, as individual, Austria
- Pablo Chamorro Ortiz, Individual, Spain
- Alejandra de Cabanyes, None, Individual, Spain
- Zahra Ali, Rutgers University, individual, USA
- Samantha Hargreaves, WoMin African Alliance, both, South Africa
- Desmond Mathew D’Sa, South Durban Community Environmental Aliance, South Durban Community Environmental Aliance, South Africa
- David Shulman, individual, United Kingdom
- Sanaa Seif, Individual, Egypt
- Nada Trigui, Individual, Tunisia
- Dr Miriyam Aouragh, University of Westminster, Both, Uk
- Professor Kate Alexander, University of Johannesburg, Individual, South Africa
- Catherine Sandwell, Individual, Netherlands
- Lucile Daumas, Individual, France
- Israa Rahmani, cartographie citoyenne, both, Tunisia
- Walid Besbes, Warcha – Tunisia, Individual, Tunisia
- Mary Ann Manahan, PhD researcher-activist, Individual, Philippines
- ruth ogier, Individual, United Kingdom
- Meriam Mabrouk, Individual, United Kingdom, Morocco
- Dr Dale T McKinley, Iindividual, South Africa
- Tisha Brown, individual, United States
- Ludo Segers, Individual, Belgium
- Jawad Moustakbal, Attac/cadtm Maroc, Organisation, Morocco
- Andy Rutherford, Fresh Eyes, both, United Kingdom
- Trevor Ngwane, United Front – South Africa, Both, South Africa
- Aitor Ossa Rissanen, individual, Basque Country
- Anthony Alessandrini, City University of New York, Individual, USA
- Grace Handy, City University of New York, individual, USA
- Hanne Cottyn, hannecottyn@hotmail.com, individual, Belgium
- Jennifer Franco, Transnational Institute, individual, Netherlands
- Saturnino Borras Jr., International Institute of Social Studies, individual, Netherlands
- Beth Munro, Amnesty International, individual, Tunisia
- carsten pedersen, Transnational Institute, individual, Denmark
- Bart Vandersteene, LSP Gent, both, België
- Natan De Coster, Gent University, Individual, Belgium
- DANIELA DEL BENE, Global Environmental Justice Research Association, Both, Spain
- Marta ILL RAGA, individual, Spain
- sophia hadeshian, usa, LLUM
- PAH, individual, CATALUNYA
- Saleh Mamon, Campaign Against Criminalising Communities, Bith, United Kingdom
- Les Levidow, Campaign Against Criminalizing Communities (CAMPACC), UK, both (you can add me to any colleague who has done so), UK
- Tajender Sagoo, Individual, United Kingdom
- Esmail Mamon, None, Individual, United Kingdon
- Mohammed Elnaiem, University of Cambridge, Individual, United Kingdom
- Zoheïr Aberkane, Journaliste, Individual, Algeria
- Anne Gray, Individual, Uk
- estelle Seremes, Individual, France
- Chaimae Bel Ayachi, AJ Amnesty Sorbonne, Both, France
- Daniel Marshall, individual, USA
- cesar padilla, individual, chile
- Sonia.mitralia@gmail.com, Individual, Greece
- Mer Nas, Individual, UK
- Pinar Bedirhanoglu, Middle East Technical University, As an individual, Turkey
- Shaila Seshia Galvin, Individual, Switzerland
- Esther Aguilà Hernández, XR, Both, España
- Jai Sen, Movements of Movements, Individual, Canada
- Manuel Casal, Asociación Touda, both, Spain
- Dorothy Guerrero, Global Justice Now, Individual, United Kingdom
- Nick Dowson, individual, UK
- Ian Birchall, UCU Retired, UK
