MEMO – March 10, 2016 British private security giant G4S has announced plans to sell its entire Israeli business within the next 12 to 24 months. The news has been welcomed by activists in the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, for whom G4S has been a long-standing target. The decision to leave Israel […]
RT | February 23, 2016 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly asked the UK government to have hundreds of posters protesting Israeli occupation of Palestine removed from the Tube. The Haaretz newspaper reported Tuesday that the Israeli prime minister himself had asked that the posters, which may have been posted in their hundreds, be […]
Uncovering Britain's apartheid-like treatment of asylum seekers.
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The employees of controversial security firm G4S were dismissed after being caught on camera abusing teenagers.
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Reprieve | November 14, 2015 The Egyptian government has sentenced nearly 600 people to death in the last year, with the vast majority of death sentences handed down in relation to political protest, human rights organization Reprieve has found. Data collected by Reprieve has found that since January 2014, at least 588 people have been […]
Globalization of trade and central banking has propelled private corporations to positions of power and control never before seen in human history. Under advanced capitalism, the structural demands for a return on investment require an unending expansion of centralized capital in the hands of fewer and fewer people. The financial center of global capitalism is so highly concentrated that less than a few thousand people dominate and control $100 trillion of wealth.
RT | April 17, 2015 Protestors gathered outside the London office of G4S on Friday to highlight the private security firm’s role in incarcerating Palestinian prisoners on behalf of Israel. Organizers demanded the release of several prisoners, including Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar and more than a hundred child detainees. They also highlighted the ill treatment […]
Reprieve | January 12, 2015 British security firm G4S could be criminally liable for its involvement in Guantanamo Bay, according to a new complaint filed with the Metropolitan Police. Legal charity Reprieve, which represents several Guantanamo detainees, has reported the UK company to police after learning of a $113 million (£71 million) contract for G4S […]
Reprieve | November 7, 2014 British security company G4S is refusing to address concerns over its involvement in the running of the US prison at Guantánamo Bay. Human rights charity Reprieve submitted a complaint to the UK government earlier this year, arguing that G4S has breached OECD Guidelines because of its contract to supply ‘base […]
By Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Corporate Watch | June 20, 2014 The Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing is the only crossing for people who want to go directly from Gaza into the 1948 borders of Israel. People wishing to cross must apply for a permit and only a small number of permits are granted. […]
