@Dodo_sipping Deportation camps: #EU member states want to “prevent judicial scrutiny”
Agreements between the EU and non-EU states on so-called #returnhubs should be #framed in flexible way” to “prevent judicial scrutiny.” This is according to a document produced by the Polish Presidency of the Council in February, obtained & published by #Statewatch.
"Biggest threat": EU Council leaders want to ban anonymous SIM cards.
The Polish Council Presidency has proposed new EU regulations on mandatory registration of prepaid SIM cards.
This is provided for in a draft by the Polish Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers, as reported by the British civil rights organisation Statewatch.
#StateWatch produces and promotes #criticalresearch, policy analysis and #investigativejournalism to inform debates, movements and campaigns on #civilliberties #humanrights and democratic standards. Operating since 1991 & based in #London.
Wisconsin governor pushes for prosecution of state’s 2020 fake electors
#WisconsinGovernor #Prosecution #2020FakeElectors #StateWatch #News #ElectoralProcess #Politics #News
Interpol must do more to prevent the Turkish government misusing its databases to target political dissidents abroad, says an open letter to the organisation's secretary-general signed by more than 25 individuals and organisations #Statewatch
DeSantis Disney governing board appointee quits a few months into job
#TheHill #DeSantisDisneyBoard #GoverningBoardResignation #FloridaPolitics #StateWatch #GovernmentAppointments #Politics #News
From #Statewatch EU-USA cooperation on biometric data, breaking #encryption , radicalisation
https://www.statewatch.org/news/2023/march/eu-usa-cooperation-on-biometric-data-breaking-encryption-radicalisation/
...the recent EU-US Senior Officials Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs... demonstrate cooperation on a vast range of topics - including a "proof of concept" of the "Enhanced Border Security Partnership" involving the transatlantic sharing of #biometric data, the need to "reinforce law enforcement’s legitimacy to investigate" in debates around breaking telecoms encryption...
Ideologia e polizia: la politica interna e la politica estera di Frontex https://www.osservatoriorepressione.info/ideologia-polizia-la-politica-interna-la-politica-estera-frontex/ #meltingpoteuropa #discriminazioni #fortezzaeuropa #YashaMaccanico #respingimenti #UnioneEuropea #statewatch #rifugiati #migranti #profughi #razzismo #frontex #abusi
"The plan was circulated in the Council just days after the publication of a European Ombudsman decision condemning the European Commission’s failure to assess the possible human rights impact of providing support to African countries to develop surveillance capabilities, including through “knowledge on surveillance techniques and other equipment, to strengthen their border management.”" #Statewatch
Much of the discussion after Jane #Kilpatrick's keynote speech at #FnF2022 condemns the #technosolutionism that has afflicted the EU commission and many politicians all over the world.
Happening now:
We are kickstarting #FnF2022 with a keynote by Jane Kilpatrick (researcher at #Statewatch) titled “Use of surveillance technology against refugees at the European borders”, followed by discussion.
On the way to https://freedomnotfear.org \o/ Meet us in Brussels! No ticket required.
#FreedomNotFear opening and keynote by #JaneKilpatrick of #Statewatch about surveillance technologies at European borders against refugees at 6 pm at Mundo B.
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/de/map/fnf-2022-locations-extended-ulif-version_802878
Historical materials on policing, racism and public order now available online
...You may not know it, but Statewatch has an extensive Library & Archive containing hundreds of books and over 2,500 pamphlets, officials reports and ‘grey material’ on issues concerning civil liverties and the state. ...
https://archive.leftove.rs/documents/grid/title/statewatch
#statewatch #policing #racism
#statewatch too, is continued
7/ Nevertheless, just last month Germany has used its #EU Presidency powers to re-establish a Council Working Group on #DataRetention (thanks #Statewatch for the secret doc!), despite the highest EU court having declared general data retention without suspecion unlawful. https://www.statewatch.org/media/1382/eu-council-data-retention-working-party-10772-20.pdf
EU-Justizbehörde: Durcheinander bei Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Europa – https://netzpolitik.org/2017/eu-justizbehoerde-durcheinander-bei-vorratsdatenspeicherung-in-europa/ #EuropäischerGerichtshof #Vorratsdatenspeicherung #Überwachung #statewatch #EuGH #VDS #EU
EU und NATO starten Cyberübungen an der Schwelle zum bewaffneten Angriff – https://netzpolitik.org/2017/eu-und-nato-starten-cyberuebungen-an-der-schwelle-zum-bewaffneten-angriff/ #EU-VerteidigungsministerInnen #ComputerNetzwerkOperationen #Antiglobalisierungsgruppe #hybrideBedrohungen #LockedShields2017 #EuropäischeUnion #Öffentlichkeit #LockedShields #EUCYBRID2017 #Hacktivisten #EUNAVFORMED #statewatch #EUPACE17 #Froterre #Russland #Tallinn #CCDCOE #APT28 #APT29 #CMX17 #ISIS #NATO #CNO #G20
