This story from the UK caught my attention.
The Financial Times (3 March 2005) reported on a BBC film showing asylum seekers being assaulted, racially abused and sexually humiliated by guards. The film has prompted demands for a public debate into how government policy is fuelling human rights abuses and miscarriages of justice.
The film has generated adverse publicity for Global Solutions (the company that manages Baxter), one of the UK government's largest contractors, which runs Oakington detention centre near Cambridge and the in-country escorting contract featured in the undercover documentary.
Public exposure is the antidote for hubris in government. The hyperlink takes you to the UK Parliament debate on the issues raised by the film.
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