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Tell Bill Gates to divest from Israel's prison torture

April 3, 2014
gates3 Sign the petition here: http://www.addameer.org/gatesdivest British private security company G4S helps the Israeli government to run prisons at which Palestinian political prisoners are detained.   Right now, there are more than 5,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails, including 183 chil

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Sign the petition here: http://www.addameer.org/gatesdivest

British private security company G4S helps the Israeli government to run prisons at which Palestinian political prisoners are detained.

 

Right now, there are more than 5,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails, including 183 children. Human rights organisations have documented widespread torture, including of children, and Palestinians are often held without trial indefinitely.

In June 2013, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest private foundation in the world, purchased shares in G4S worth $172m, making it one of the company’s biggest shareholders.

Through its holdings in G4S, the Gates Foundation is legitimising and profiting from Israel’s use of torture, mass incarceration and arbitrary arrest to discourage Palestinians from opposing Israel’s apartheid policies.

Sign the petition now: Tell Bill Gates to divest from G4S!

Please share widely using #StopG4S

More info:

Open letter to Bill Gates from Palestinian organisations
Call to action signed by 100 organisations from across the world
Fact sheet on G4S role in Israel's prison system

April 3, 2014
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