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UPDATED: Canada’s WiFi Surveillance and CSEC’s Non-Denial Denials
See: Canada's WiFi Surveillance and CSEC's Non-Denial Denials (notes jrgallagher, link) USA-NSA-CANADA: DATA SURVEILLANCE: Exclusive: CSEC used airport Wi-Fi to track Canadian travellers: Edward Snowden documents - Electronic snooping was part of a trial run Read More
UK: Amendment to Immigration Bill allows Home Secretary to make people stateless
See the article: Amendment to Immigration Bill allows Home Secretary to make people stateless (Free Movement, link) And see: Bill's progress (link). Also see: ILPA briefing to Government New Clause 18 Deprivation of citizenship: conduct Read More
UK-GCHQ: DATA SURVEILLANCE: UK: Cameron says he failed to make case for mass surveillance after Snowden leaks
"David Cameron has admitted he had failed to make the case for mass surveillance of communications data following revelations by the former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. In a two-hour session in front of Read More
CoE: Parliamentary Assembly: A strategy to prevent racism and intolerance in Europe
See the full text: A strategy to prevent racism and intolerance in Europe (Press release, pdf) and see: Resolution: Tackling racism in the police (pdf) Read More
UK: Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy
See: The work of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy in 2012: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2012–13 (pdf) and: The work of the Joint Committee on the National Read More
EU: European Parliament: Civil Liberties MEPs oppose merging Europol with police training college
"Europol should not be merged with the European Police College (CEPOL) because the two EU bodies should work separately, said the civil liberties committee on Thursday in a vote on new operating rules for Europol. Read More
Leaked official document records 330 drone strikes in Pakistan
"The document is the fullest official record of drone strikes in Pakistan to have yet been published. It provides rare insight into what the government understands about the campaign." See the article: Leaked official document Read More
UK: Revealed: Rape victims abused in British detention centres
"Female victims of rape and torture are being subjected to abuse and intimidation in British detention centres, according to a damning new report into the plight of women asylum seekers in the UK." See the Read More
EU: Annual reports on EU arms exports
EU Member States' arms exports are regulated by a set of common rules, set out in Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP. Under the Common Position, the Council is obliged to produce an annual report based on Read More
EU-USA: EU justice chief attacks European “hypocrisy” on spying
"If the EU wants to be credible in its efforts to rebuild trust, if it wants to act as an example for other continents, it also has to get its own house in order." See Read More