Human rights group Reprieve lodged the complaint with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), saying the security firm may have violated international guidelines by signing the £70 million ($118 million) contract. Under the guidelines by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), British businesses must behave responsibly regardless of where they operate. “Any company that fully considers the human rights abuses committed at the Guantanamo Bay detention center would find it impossible to justify accepting a contract that enables the continued detention and contributes to the suffering of the detainees,” said Reprieve in the complaint. G4S received the contract earlier this month to provide janitorial services to the US notorious prison, which holds 149 inmates who have not been charged with any offence. presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/31/377202/uks-g4s-faces-probe-over-gitmo-contract/
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:03:25 +0000
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