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Hikvision USA, which is the subsidiary of the world’s largest maker of surveillance equipment, has extended BCW’s contract from July 1 to yearend.
The US government has sanctioned Hikvision USA’s Chinese parent for enabling human rights abuses. Its cameras are used to monitor Uighurs and other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang region.
BCW handles public affairs and policy issues, strategic planning and guidance, media relations, media tracking and reporting, and narrative & key message development services for Hikvision USA.
The WPP unit earned $1.8M in fees and expenses from Hikvision USA during the 12-month period ended June 30.
Ruder Finn, Inc. has signed on to support China’s Huawei Technologies Co. and its US research arm Futurewei’s communications in the US.
Plus Communications handles Polish billionaire Zygmunt Solorz who is battling his three children for control of two family foundations that own Poland's Cyfrowy Polsat satellite TV/telecommunications platform.
Rubin Turnbull & Assocs. has been hired to provide consulting & communications services to the ad hoc board of Petréleos de Venezuela S.A.
Putala Strategies inks a $75K-per-month pact to bolster Romania’s ties with the US in the fields of defense, economic cooperation and energy security.
Somalia, which is not one of president Trump's favorite countries, has hired Arsenal Government and Public Affairs Group to engage with White House officials.
