Middle East Eye

HSBC shuts accounts of Syrians in UK after 'lobbying' for Assad's cousin

An article in the Middle East Eye on 8 April draws a link between Rethink Rebuild Society's bank campaign and recent revelations of the Panama papers. Rethink Rebuild Society initiated a campaign in 2014 to expose discriminatory practices of banks against Syrian individuals and organisations. HSBC was one of the main targets of this campaign.

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