Arab Secrets website has revealed that Saudi Arabia has engaged the services of the British company G4S to provide security for the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.
The Website also said that G4S operations in Saudi Arabia are currently being managed by a former Saudi security officer, Khalid Baghdadi. The company which started working with the Saudi government in 2010 bears the name Almajal G4S.
Arab Secrets obtained an internal magazine for G4S issued in London. A story in the magazine confirms that the London branch manages the security arrangements related to pilgrims in Mecca.
G4S is one of the world's leading security companies. It was previously revealed that it's Israeli subsidiary supplies the Israeli occupation with security systems used in detention centres where the treatment of prisoners includes torture. In some cases this treatment has caused the deaths of prisoners inside Israeli jails.
In a report by "Who Profits", the company has supplied equipment to the Kishon and Jerusalem Interogation and Detention Centers where there has been evidence of tourture and abuse of Palestinian prisoners. The report says (pg. 14):
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The Website also said that G4S operations in Saudi Arabia are currently being managed by a former Saudi security officer, Khalid Baghdadi. The company which started working with the Saudi government in 2010 bears the name Almajal G4S.
Arab Secrets obtained an internal magazine for G4S issued in London. A story in the magazine confirms that the London branch manages the security arrangements related to pilgrims in Mecca.
G4S is one of the world's leading security companies. It was previously revealed that it's Israeli subsidiary supplies the Israeli occupation with security systems used in detention centres where the treatment of prisoners includes torture. In some cases this treatment has caused the deaths of prisoners inside Israeli jails.
In a report by "Who Profits", the company has supplied equipment to the Kishon and Jerusalem Interogation and Detention Centers where there has been evidence of tourture and abuse of Palestinian prisoners. The report says (pg. 14):
- See more at:
http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ne...re-pilgrimage-in-saudi-arabia#sthash.RaaDMDvV