Category Archives: UK

    Guantánamo Bay contractor on shortlist to run UK police services

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    Guantánamo Bay contractor on shortlist to run UK police services US firm KBR, which helped build detention camp, among consortiums bidding to run police services in West Midlands and Surrey Alan… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    IPCC call for powers to investigate private security firms

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    IPCC call for powers to investigate private security firms 24 Apr 12 By Robert Ratcliff The Independent Police Complaints Commission has called on the Home Office to allow them the powers… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Deportation contractor Reliance faces litany of abuse claims against staff

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    Deportation contractor Reliance faces litany of abuse claims against staff Escort guards accused of ‘hitting and punching’ deportees, but company says cases have been investigated by UKBA Listen to Nelson Babaze… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Campaign against privatising asylum deportation from UK

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    Campaign against privatising asylum deportation from UK Friday, 13 April 2012 10:58  By John Grayson, A Yorkshire campaign deploys rigorous research to expose and resist the astonishing corporate takeover of Britain’s… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    The WARRIOR CLASS: A golden age for the freelance soldier

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    Harper’s Magazine April 2012 Charles Glass is a journalist, author, and publisher who has frequently reported from the Middle East. His most recent book is Americans in Paris: Life and Death… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    British military contracts KBR support

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    British military contracts KBR support Published: April 3, 2012 at 10:31 AM HOUSTON, April 3 (UPI) — Texas company KBR is to provide operational support to British military forces under a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Can Privatization Kill?

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    April 1, 2012 Can Privatization Kill? By THOMAS GAMMELTOFT-HANSEN ON Oct. 12, 2010, Jimmy Mubenga was deported from Britain. The 46-year-old Angolan had come to the country as a refugee 16… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Private firms set to take over core probation services

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    http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/mar/27/private-firms-probation-services?newsfeed=true Private firms set to take over core probation services With private firms advertising for probation officers to work with ‘public sector clients’, what does that mean for future of the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    The UK firms who tackle Somali pirates

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    24 March 2012 Last updated at 04:38 ET The UK firms who tackle Somali pirates By Peter Jackson BBC News The influx of British private security firms to Somalia echoes their… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Private Security Firms Poaching Elite Troops

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    Private Security Firms Poaching Elite Troops 11:52am UK, Saturday March 17, 2012 Sam Kiley, defence and security editor A boom in recruitment by security firms guarding ships against Somali pirates has… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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