secrecy

September 6, 2016

Christian Aid welcomes MPs' answer to tax crisis highlighted by Apple

MPs are suggesting a simple way in which the UK could help end global secrecy around the finances of multinationals such as Apple, says Christian Aid
August 29, 2016

UK government refuses to declassify Bangladesh prison report

The Ministry of Justice has refused to declassify files about its work with Bangladeshi prison guards, as an elderly British journalist enters his fourth month of detention without charge.
April 18, 2016

UK response to Panama Papers an 'increasingly tangled web'

The UK government appears to be scrambling around for new policies to shut down the debate on financial transparency, rather than using the momentum created by the Panama Papers to drive through real change, says Christian Aid.
April 5, 2016

Panama Papers 'explode UK excuses' for tolerating secrecy

The Panama Papers have exploded any remaining excuses the UK had for allowing secrecy in its tax havens, Christian Aid said yesterday..
February 3, 2016

Georgia executes oldest death row inmate

The US State of Georgia last night executed 72 year old Brandon Astor Jones, the oldest person on death row in the State. Mr Jones had served 36 years in prison.
November 7, 2015

Whistle blowers demand end to multinationals’ tax secrecy

Whistle blowing activists gathered outside the UK Treasury and in other European capitals on 5 November, to support the whistle-blowers who exposed the LuxLeaks tax scandal a year ago and to demand an end to secrecy around multinationals’ taxes.
April 24, 2015

HSBC is the UK’s most secretive bank, says Christian Aid

A comparison of what the UK’s big four High Street banks reveal about their operations around the world shows that HSBC is currently the most secretive, says Christian Aid.
February 8, 2015

Bank secrecy still hampers poorer countries, says new report

G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Istanbul this weekend still have much to do if the claim ‘the era of bank secrecy is over’.
December 11, 2013

Government ban on quizzing MI5 is 'assault on Parliamentary democracy'

Home Secretary Theresa May has been criticised by Reprieve for refusing a request by Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee to question the head of MI5.
December 9, 2012

UK government urged to do more to tackle financial secrecy

As the world observes International Anti-Corruption Day today (9 December), the UK government is being asked to do more to end financial secrecy.