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UK: Secret list of firms that used private investigators should be published, say MPs
"MPs have intensified the pressure to publish a confidential list of companies that used private investigators suspected of hacking and other alleged unethical information-gathering practices." See the full article: Secret list of firms that used Read More
Harvard creates brain-to-brain interface, allows humans to control other animals with thoughts alone
"Researchers at Harvard University have created the first noninvasive brain-to-brain interface (BBI) between a human… and a rat. Simply by thinking the appropriate thought, the BBI allows the human to control the rat’s tail." See Read More
EU: Commission launches study on the possible creation of a “European System of Border Guards” to be operated by Frontex (1)
The possibility of establishing a "European System of Border Guards" is to be examined in a new study that is aimed at informing a future evaluation of Frontex, the EU's border control agency. The study Read More
UK: Police get new mobile fingerprint scanners linked to immigration database
Police in the UK are being equipped with new devices that allow them to check fingerprints against the Immigration and Nationality Database whilst in the street. According to an article in Police Oracle, Hampshire Constabulary's Read More
GREECE: ATIMA Press release: Death of detained irregular migrants
"This new situation of the prolonged detention of thousands of irregular migrants and asylum seekers in conditions that are often unacceptable, has led to extreme and very dangerous situations such as rebellions of the detainees Read More
USA: Government Accountability Office (GAO): Overstay Enforcement: Additional Actions Needed to Assess DHS’s Data and Improve Planning for a Biometric Air Exit Program
See the full story: Government Accountability Office (GAO): Overstay Enforcement: Additional Actions Needed to Assess DHS’s Data and Improve Planning for a Biometric Air Exit Program (pdf) Read More
Expecting Change: The case for ending the detention of pregnant women, Natasha Tsangarides and Jane Grant, Medical Justice 2013, pp. 86, (ISBN 978-0-9566784-3-0)
According to the Independent Monitoring Board, 93 pregnant women were held in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre in 2011, many of whom were victims of rape, torture and trafficking. This report analyses the policy of Read More
EU-USA: DATA SURVEILLANCE: Council Presidency
See the full text: Presidency statement on outcome of discussions on EU–US working group (pdf) Read More
ITALY: Justice Over G8 Killing Delayed and Denied
“There are two pictures that prove that after the shot, when Carlo was lying surrounded by the police, but still alive, one of them hit him on his forehead with a stone. Right after, a Read More
UK: IPCC publishes annual deaths during or following police contact for 2012/13 – mental health a key factor
This report presents figures on deaths during or following police contact that occurred between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013. It covers road traffic fatalities; fatal shootings; deaths in or following police custody; suicides Read More