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LafargeHolcim and G4S, pursued by Kenyan villagers for rights abuses, face serial complaints in Africa

Human Rights / Ruth Hopkins and Edwin Okoth

The corporate and social responsibility of the two multinationals in the Denyenye village land dispute has been called into question in several countries. Yet some institutional investors continue to turn a blind eye.

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Bamburi Cement fight raises the Kenya colonial land question

Human Rights / Ruth Hopkins and Edwin Okoth

Part two of our investigation into how Swiss multinational LafargeHolcim – and their local subsidiary in Kenya Bamburi Cement – can claim land that villagers insist is theirs.

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Villagers in Kenya fight global firms G4S and LafargeHolcim for land

Human Rights / Ruth Hopkins and Edwin Okoth

G4S security guards working for the multinational cement manufacturer Bamburi Portland Cement Ltd, along with a special Kenyan police unit stationed at a site claimed by Bamburi, have been accused of torture and assault by dozens of locals in Denyenye, a small village in Kwale County, coastal Kenya.

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Violence on the wasteland

Human Rights / Ruth Hopkins, Edwin Okoth and Jan Jirát

In southeastern Kenya, a local community is accusing cement company Bamburi of land grabbing, eviction, and physical attacks. Bamburi, a subsidiary of Swiss multinational Holcim, and its security provider G4S are facing allegations of enforcing control through beatings and dog attacks. How is the Zug-based company responding to the accusations?

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Despite a series of scandals, Dutch authorities continue to do business with security company G4S

Human Rights / Ruth Hopkins, Zuza Nazaruk and Siem Eikelenboom

A subsidiary of security giant G4S is involved in human rights violations in Kenya. G4S has also been embroiled in controversy in other countries. This is why several pension funds decided to divest from the company. Nevertheless, Dutch government institutions recently concluded multi-million dollar contracts with G4S.

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