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SURVEILLANCE: “LAWFUL” INTERCEPTION
"Lawful Interception Market report provides an insight on the key market players, challenges, drivers and future scopes in the market." See the full report: Lawful interception market worth $1,342.4 million by 2019 (WhaTech, link) Read More
EU: Council of the European Union (2)
See the full text: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, pupil exchange, remunerated Read More
UK: Helen Steel on her relationship with an undercover policeman: ‘I feel violated’
"Even when she saw the words “police officer” on her former partner’s marriage certificate, Helen Steel found it hard to take in what it meant. She already knew that John Dines – a man she’d Read More
EU: Meijers Committee: Letter to members of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE)
See the full text: Fundamental Rights Aspects of certain outstanding Justice and Home Affairs Files (pdf) Read More
Dutch govt announces plan to fight jihadist internet use through sort-of-voluntary censorship
"the Dutch Hosting Provider Association (DHPA), that represents Dutch ISP’s, posted a press release (in Dutch) stating the DHPA opposes the Dutch govt’s voluntary censorship plan." See: Dutch govt announces plan to fight jihadist internet Read More
UK: Undercover infiltration scandal
"Bob Lambert, the undercover police officer, cradles his son in a maternity ward in the 1980s. The baby's mother has been deeply traumatised after discovering his real identity after he vanished from her life." See Read More
USA: RENDITION: Ten CIA rendition victims urge Obama to name them in Senate torture report
"Ten victims of CIA rendition and torture have signed an open letter to President Obama asking him to declassify the upcoming Senate report into the program. Two of the signatories – Abdel-Hakim Belhadj and Sami Read More
UK Government urged to act on fresh evidence of BT drones link
"The British government is being asked to reopen an investigation into BT, after new evidence appeared to link the company to illegal US drone strikes and the mass government surveillance used to select their targets." Read More
Morocco: police violence against migrants
See: Morocco: police violence against migrants (Vimeo, link) Read More
European Commission: Traffic offences – cross-border exchange of information, EU-Australia PNR, National parliaments
• TRAFFIC OFFENCES: Proposal for a Directive on facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences (COM 476-14, pdf) and See: Annexes (pdf) • EU-AUSTRALIA PNR: Report on the joint review of Read More