OTTAWA - The Canadian government Tuesday announced that it has listed Samidoun, known as the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, as a terrorist entity.

According to a news release from Public Safety Canada, Samidoun has close links with and advances the interests of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which is a listed terrorist entity in Canada, the United States and the European Union.

Samidoun has been listed as a terrorist entity by the United States and Germany, according to the release.

As a now-listed entity, Samidoun meets the definition of a "terrorist group" under Canada's Criminal Code which prohibits certain actions in relation to terrorist groups, including those related to terrorist financing, travel and recruitment, the release showed.

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With the addition of Samidoun, there are now 78 terrorist entities listed under the Criminal Code, the release said.