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Article

10 May 2015

Author:
Joe Catron, Middle East Eye

Global protests condemn G4S for alleged role in Israeli abuses against Palestinian prisoners

"Global protests condemn G4S for alleged role in Israeli prisoners' rights abuses", 07 May 2015

A year after protesters sent a British security firm’s annual general meeting into chaos, activists confirm that they plan to target this year’s G4S shareholder meeting, scheduled for 4 June at London’s Excel Centre. Stop G4S, a network that has demonstrated against the company in the past, announced the plans Monday on its website. Participants will include supporters of migrants’ and prisoners’ rights, as well as Palestine solidarity activists. News of the plans for the shareholder meeting come after protests were held in countries across the world in March for the "Hares Boys". The five teenagers have been held in a G4S-secured prison for adults for more than two years on attempted murder charges. The only proof against them are their confessions which supporters say were taken under duress in prison. The world’s largest security firm and second-biggest private employer, G4S has faced boisterous protests for years for providing security systems and other services to Israeli prisons and detention centres, including facilities in which human rights groups have documented torture and poor treatment of Palestinian prisoners, including children…