Dear G4S Shareholder, Re: Complicity of G4S in the illegal occupation of Palestine and its involvement in numerous human rights abuses As you make your way to the G4SAnnual General Meeting today, please bear in mind the following: G4S is complicit in the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine and its involvement in numerous human rights abuses. G4S is providing security systems to help Israel secure prisons and interrogation centres where Palestinian children are being caged and tortured. Arafat Jaradat, 30 year old Palestinian father of 2 children aged four and two years old, died on Saturday 23 February 2013 following severe torture by Israel’s security service in Megiddo Prison where the whole central command room is provisioned by G4S. Is this in line with G4S’ Corporate Social Responsibility commitment in which it claims to operate to “high ethical standards” and helps people to “operate in safe and secure environments”? Are the Palestinian children held in solitary confinement, men held in “administrative detention” for unconfirmed periods of time, and women tortured and abused not entitled to the same safety and security? It is imperative that you use your influence to raise these concerns at today’s AGM to pressure G4S to discontinue all dealings with Israel with immediate effect. Although exiting a few contracts in 2015 is a move in the right direction, it does not go far enough. The fact of the matter is that G4S is still complicit in the torture of children through its ongoing servicing of Israeli security systems. If you are not able to influence the key stakeholders at this AGM, then we would urge you to work on the other stakeholders to makes sure they fully divest from Israel by the next AGM if not before.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:36:50 +0000
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