In a reply to the National Contact Point (NCP), the government body through which the complaint was submitted, G4S made no attempt to address the substantive allegations of the complaint. Instead the company argued that they have little control over G4S Government Solutions, its wholly-owned US subsidiary that won the Guantánamo contract.

G4S is a long-standing contractor for the British government, receiving millions of pounds annually in public money. Guantánamo has been called “a shocking affront to democracy” by a former government minister, and “a monstrous failure of justice” by Lord Steyn, formerly one of Britain’s most senior judges.

The UK Government’s NCP has suggested to Reprieve that it might pass the complaint to its US counterpart, prompting concerns they will avoid responsibility for investigating the it.

There are still 148 men held without charge or trial in Guantánamo – including British resident Shaker Aamer who was cleared for release from the prison under the Bush administration in 2007 and again under President Obama in 2009. It is UK government policy that Mr Aamer should be returned as a matter of urgency to his British wife and their four children in London, yet he remains detained.

Kevin Lo, an investigator at Reprieve, said: “G4S is deeply involved in running the legal black hole that is Guantánamo Bay, and the British public deserves better than the company’s stonewalling of questions. For the UK government to show that its condemnation of Guantánamo is more than just talk, the UK National Contact Point needs to press G4S for accountability and transparency.”

Original Article found at ekklesia.co.uk

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The team will remain in Liberia until their mission is deemed complete by USAID. Additionally, USACE will liaise with key elements providing support to Operation United Assistance to facilitate planning the capabilities required for the successful completion of our mission.

USACE deploys experts from our FESTs and prime power battalion (249th Engineer Battalion), worldwide, in support of military and contingency operations, installations, disasters, training exercises, and the National Response Framework. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is one of many federal entities supporting the comprehensive U.S. Government effort to help the West African nations contain the outbreak of the Ebola virus.