Take a stand against child detention Israel

Tuesday's Your Voice post comes via Ryvka Barnard on behalf of War on Want charity.

It concerns a Westminster debate scheduled for Wednesday and asks that concerned readers contact their MP to share their strength of feeling. It reads;

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This Wednesday morning, MPs are holding a Westminster Hall debate on child prisoners and detainees in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

It is a great opportunity for us to push forward our #StopG4S campaign in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners.  

Israel has dramatically increased its detention of Palestinians in the past months, including children, subjecting them to abuse and torture, and holding most of them in prisons inside Israel in violation of international law.

Yet the UK government continues its unconditional support for Israel, making it complicit in the abuse.

Please contact your MP today and ask them to attend the discussion and raise this important issue. You can do this in a number of ways:

• Email your MP – using some of the text below.
• Phone your MP. You can find your MP’s contact details here by putting in your postcode - http://www.theyworkforyou.com/
  
  
• If you use social media you could tweet your MP and followers using some of the information below.

Key points you may want to use when contacting your MP could include:

1. You want them to attend the discussion tomorrow to speak out on behalf of Palestinian children arrested or detained by Israel.
2. You want them to raise the issue of UK government contracts with the British company G4S, which provides services and equipment to the Israeli Prison Authority.
3. They can refer to EDM 287 detailing Israel's abhorrent treatment of Palestinian children in detention and calling on the government to demand immediate action from the Israeli government to abide by international law.

If MPs get to hear from their constituents it can make a huge difference. Even if they can't attend, this is a way to show them that this issue matters to you.
With my very best wishes,

Ryvka Barnard
Senior Campaigner (Militarism and Security), War on Want

P.S. You can read more about the issue of child prisoners from our Palestinian partners Addameer and Defence for Children International  Palestine, and more about our #StopG4S campaign here.