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“Video lie detector” for travelers: Patrick Breyer sues EU for keeping the iBorderCtrl project secret
"The EU is funding the development of a “video lie detector” to detect deception by immigrants through video recordings of their faces. " Read More
Calls for backdoor access to WhatsApp as Five Eyes nations meet
Countries focus on increasingly effective encryption of communications Read More
UK: Evening Standard comment: Our security alliances are more important than ever
"Away from the glare of attention focused on the new Prime Minister and his plans for Brexit, an important security summit begins in London today" Read More
EU gives Greece blimp to monitor migrants
"Authorities say European Union border agency Frontex has provided the Greek coast guard with a crewless blimp to help combat illegal immigration and to augment search and rescue operations in the eastern Aegean Sea." Read More
Migrants: contacts with states on Gregoretti – EU Germany says it is available to host some
"A European Commission spokesperson, speaking about the coast guard ship Bruno Gregoretti, said that ''following Italy's request'' for a refugee redistribution plan, the Commission ''has started contacts to support and coordinate all those member states who intend to take part in efforts of solidarity concerning the migrants on board'', who are 140. ''These contacts are still ongoing'', the spokesman added." Read More
UK: Anti-Deportation Activists Are Blocking Coaches to Charter Flights
"We watched Reclaim the Power members blockade the depot of a coach company that transports people due to be deported on charter flights." Read More
Dozens of migrants still stuck on coastguard vessel in Italy port
Dozens of migrants still stuck on coastguard vessel in Italy port (euractiv, link): 1"An Italian coastguard vessel stranded in the Mediterranean with more than 130 migrants aboard has been allowed to dock in the Sicilian Read More
UK surveillance legal judgement is a blow to journalists & press freedom (NUJ)
Working with the human rights organisation Liberty, the NUJ intervened in the judicial review of the UK's Investigatory Powers Act 2016. The case has been lost today in the High Court. Read More
FIVE EYES: London meeting: ‘Illegitimate’ internet use under the microscope at Five Eyes meeting
FIVE EYES: London meeting: ‘Illegitimate’ internet use under the microscope at Five Eyes meeting: Goodale (Global News, link): "Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale heads out for the Five Eyes meeting in London on Sunday, and Read More
Protesters in Poland condemn attack on LGBT march
"Left-wing parties have held a rally in the Polish city of Bialystok against homophobia. An LGBT rights march in the city last week came under attack from far-right groups." Read More