In October 2024, the US and Canadian governments declared that the Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (Samidoun) was a “sham charity” that served as an international fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group. In February 2021, Israel’s Ministry of Justice declared Samidoun to be a terror organization, accusing [p. 2] the NGO of operating “as an arm” of the PFLP.

In October 2023, Germany said it would disband Samidoun's German wing, with Reuters reporting that Germany's Interior Minister "said the international network works under the guise of a solidarity group for prisoners to spread anti-Israel and antisemitic propaganda.”