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NETHERLANDS: Dutch police search home of Rwandan opposition leader
NETHERLANDS: Dutch police search home of Rwandan opposition leader: At the request of the Rwandan government, Dutch police searched the house of opposition leader Victoire Ingabire in Zevenhuizen on Monday 13 December. Ingabire lived there Read More
EU: Statewatch Analysis: The new Directive on trafficking in persons (pdf) by Steve Peers, Professor of Law, University of Essex
EU: Statewatch Analysis: The new Directive on trafficking in persons (pdf) by Steve Peers, Professor of Law, University of Essex. "The European Parliament (EP) and the Council have agreed on the first substantive criminal law Read More
EU: Plans to open a cyber crime centre
EU: Plans to open a cyber crime centre: The director of Europol Rob Wainwright on 15 December briefed House of Lords EU sub-committee F - Home Affairs on plans for a European cyber crime centre. Read More
France to keep repatriating illegal immigrants
France to keep repatriating illegal immigrants (TVNZ, link) Read More
2010 The year of kettling
2010 The year of kettling (Global Sociology blog, link): "The term, of course, refers to a form of containment used by law enforcement against protestors who are then surrounded by a thick cordon of police, Read More
EU: European Parliament: Parliament approves tougher rules to combat trafficking in human beings
EU: European Parliament: Parliament approves tougher rules to combat trafficking in human beings (Press release, pdf). See also: Statewatch Analysis: The new Directive on trafficking in persons (pdf) by Steve Peers, Professor of Law, University Read More
EU: Statewatch Analysis: Extending EU long-term resident status to refugees and persons with subsidiary protection status by Steve Peers, Professor of Law, University of Essex
EU: Statewatch Analysis: Extending EU long-term resident status to refugees and persons with subsidiary protection status (pdf) by Steve Peers, Professor of Law, University of Essex. "The European Parliament (EP) and the Council have recently Read More
UK: Kettle tactics risk Hillsborough-style tragedy – doctor: Crush of student protesters on Westminster Bridge compared to 1980s stadium disaster
UK: Kettle tactics risk Hillsborough-style tragedy – doctor: Crush of student protesters on Westminster Bridge compared to 1980s stadium disaster (Observer, link) Read More
France: Statement by Collectif Liberté Egalité Justice (CLEJ, Collective for Freedom, Equality and Justice): LOPPSI 2: not in our name!
France: Statement by Collectif Liberté Egalité Justice (CLEJ, Collective for Freedom, Equality and Justice): LOPPSI 2: not in our name! "In the name of the protection of the State against its "enemies", measures that derogate Read More
GERMANY: Under permanent observation by Rolf Gössner
GERMANY: Under permanent observation by Rolf Gössner "Since 1970, I have been under uninterrupted observation and investigation for nearly four decades by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC), the domestic secret Read More