UK activists protest at G4S firm’s role in human rights abuse

UK activists protest at G4S firm’s role in human rights abuse

Posted on 08 June 2012 by masudi

Human rights campaigners have demonstrated outside London Stock  

Exchange today on June 7 against the private security company G4S as its Annual General Meeting takes place, urging the firm to end its involvement in human rights abuses around the world.

While the G4S Company faces serious accusations of involving in abuse of rights by providing equipment to the Israeli regime’s prisons, it was recently awarded contracts to provide security for the London Olympic Games.
Palestine Place, a newly reclaimed space in central London hosting two weeks of workshops and discussions in support of Palestine, also endorsed the protest, which was aimed at voicing disgust at the company’s record in human rights abuses in the occupied Palestine.
Meanwhile, on June 5, human rights activists wearing the shirts of football teams from around the world staged a series of protests at different locations across London including Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden and a number of parks.
The demonstrations which were organized by Palestine Place highlighted the plight of a Palestinian hunger striker.
Mahmoud Sarsak, a member of the Palestinian national football team, branded an “illegal combatant” by Israel’s military judicial system, has been on hunger strike for more than 80 days in protest at his continued detention without any charges or trial.
The demonstration followed a speech by former Palestinian detainee Khader Adnan, saying, “Reach out to activists all across the world to work together to save Mahmoud Sarsak. Don’t wait for him to die, do all you can to save his life.”