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| 2014 |
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| 2013 |
2012 |
Borders,
deaths and resistance
vol 23 no 3/4 | pdf
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contents |
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Editorial: Exclusion and denial by Ben Hayes
The cradle or the grave? EU migration policy and human rights
by Frances Webber
"We want to welcome the living, not the dead" by
Matt Carr
Eurosur: saving lives or reinforcing deadly borders? by Charles
Heller and Chris Jones
Frontex and fundamental rights: a love story? by Leila Giannetto
EU joint police operations target irregular migrants by Chris
Jones
A very British death: inquest returns unlawful killing verdict
on outsourced deportation death of Jimmy Mubenga by Trevor Hemmings
Refugee protests in Europe: fighting for the right to stay
by Katrin McGuaran and Kees Hudig
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Informants,
spies and subversion
vol 23 no 2 | pdf
| full
contents |
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A duty to inform? The outsourcing of state surveillance responsibilities
to the British public by Max Rowlands
Shining a light on deadly informers: The de Silva report on
the murder of Pat Finucane by Paddy Hillyard and Margaret Urwin
Secrets and lies: undercover police operations raise more
questions than answers by Chris Jones
Grassing: the use and impact of informants in the War on Terror
by Aviva Stahl
Every Man a Capitalist: The long history of monitoring unsuitable
workers in the UK by Trevor Hemmings
Neighbourhood patrols, vigilantism and countervigilantism
in Spain by Gemma Galdon-Clavell
Sanctions for stowaways: how merchant shipping joined the
border police by Paloma Maquet and Julia Burtin Zortea (also
available in French: Quand
la marine marchande seconde la police aux frontières:
externalisation et soustraitance des contrôles migratoires
dans le milieu maritime, pdf)
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Austerity,
democracy and civil liberties
vol 23 no 1 | pdf
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contents |
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Discipline and discontent: coalition government extends "slave
labour" welfare policy by Chris Jones
Kick 'em all out? Anti-politics and post-democracy in the
European Union by Leigh Phillips
Austerity policies also cut rights and liberties in Spain
by Peio M. Aierbe
Using the Italian crisis to impose control: a shift towards
a fiscal surveillance state? by Yasha Maccanico
Golden Dawn and the deafening silence of Europe by Jerome
Roos
Collective punishment and pre-emptive policing in times of
riot and resistance by Nick Moss
Belgian municipal fines cause growing dissent by Kees Hudig
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| vol 22 no
4 | pdf
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contents |
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Secrecy reigns at the EUs Intelligence Analysis Centre by
Chris Jones
Expulsion of Roma: the French governments broken promise by Marie
Martin
ITALY: Open-ended emergenciesthree years on by Yasha Maccanico
Perfidious Albion: Cover-up and Collusion in Northern Ireland
by Paddy Hillyard
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| vol 22 no
2/3 | pdf
| full
contents |
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UK: Governments secret justiceBill widely condemned by Max
Rowlands
Netherlands: Increased use of firearms by Dutch police by
Kees Hudig
When dissent becomes subversion by Liz Fekete
UK: Police force more than minimallycontributed to Sean Riggs
death by Trevor Hemmings
UK: The real immigration debateby Frances Webber
The Global Approach to Migration and Mobility: the state of
play by Marie Martin
EU: The democratic accountability of the EUs legislative procedures
by Steve Peers
TESAT report shows decrease in terrorist activity in 2011
but national police forces see a continuing threat by Yasha Maccanico
EU: Secretive Frontex Working Group seeks to increase surveillance
of travellers by Chris Jones
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| vol 22 no
1 | pdf
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contents |
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European governments step up repression of anti-austerity
activists by Kees Hudig
Growing racism in the EU not just a Member State issue by
Marie Martin
Counter-terrorism, policy-launderingand the FATF: legalising
surveillance, regulating civil society by Ben Hayes
Securitising maritime transport: shipping merchandise and
dealing with stowawaysby Yasha Maccanico
UK: Nationwide vigils commemorate deaths in custody by Trevor
Hemmings
Complex, technologically fraught and expensive- the problematic
implementation of the Prum Decision by Chris Jones
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| 2011 |
2010 |
| vol 21 no
4 | pdf
| full
contents |
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Tackling new threats upon which the security and prosperity
of our free societies increasingly depend: the EU-US Working
Group on Cyber Security and Cyber crime by Chris Jones
Support for ACTA wanes following mass protests by Max Rowlands
State Trojans: Germany exports spyware with a badgeby Kees
Hudig
The comparative study of forced return monitoring in Europe
by Matrix/ICMPD by Marie Martin
The EUs accession to the European Convention on Human Rights:
a cause for celebration or concern? by Chris Jones
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| vol 21 no
3 | pdf
| full
contents |
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Criticism of UK Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures
mounts as government retains power to forcibly relocate suspects
by Max Rowlands
The Arab Spring of Security made in Germanyby Eric Töpfer
Dresden Handygatescandal and the persecution of anti-fascist
activists by Kees Hudig
The EUs self-interested response to unrest in north Africa:
the meaning of treaties and readmission agreements between Italy
and north African states by Yasha Maccanico
Transparent social networks: investigations into digital social
interactions by Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti
The Arab Spring and the death toll in the Mediterranean: the
true face of Fortress Europe by Marie Martin
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| vol 21 no
2 | pdf
| full
contents |
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EU: A new player in Security Research: the European Network
of Law Enforcement Technology Services (ENLETS) by Eric Töpfer
Using false documents against "Euro-anarchists":
the exchange of Anglo-German undercover police highlights controversial
police operations by Matthias Monroy
UK: Arrests, raids and wedding parades by Chris Jones
UK: Collateral damage by Nick Moss
VIEWPOINT: Ten Years after the G8 Summit in Genoa by Salvatore
Palidda
UK: Mandatory data retention of communications data: update
and developments by Chris Jones
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| vol 21 no
1 | pdf
| full
contents |
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EU: Network with errors: Europes emerging web of DNA databases
by Eric Töpfer
UK: Review of counter-terrorism powers fails to deliver definitive
change by Max Rowlands
Public order and demonstrations in Italy: heavy-handed policing,
militarisation and prohibition by Yasha Maccanico
UK: The death of Jimmy Mubenga: Securing your worldthrough
privatised manslaughterby Trevor Hemmings
GERMANY: Berlin police officer sentenced: eight shots are
not self-defence
GERMANY: Policing popular mass protests: the transport of
nuclear waste at Gorleben, Germanyby Kees Hudig
EU: Lubricating the flow of information in the EU by Eric
Töpfer
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| vol 20 no
3/4 | pdf
| full
contents |
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Time to rethink terrorist blacklisting by Ben Hayes
EU: Deepening the democratic deficit: the failure to enshrinethe
publics right of access to EU documents by Tony Bunyan
The growing use of "preventative" arrests by Kees
Hudig
Civil liberties in the UK: Future of data retention and counter-terrorism
powers uncertain as splits within the coalition become apparent
by Max Rowlands
EU: The law will bring peace- a view on the European Gendarmerie
Force (EGF) by Tim Schumacher
GERMANY: The German Security Research Programme: transferring
military technology - securitising civil research by Eric Töpfer
EU: Controls, detention and expulsions at Europe borders by
Yasha Maccanico
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| vol 20 no
2 | pdf
| full
contents |
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EU: First thoughts on the EU's internal security strategy
by Tony Bunyan
EU: Security at international summits: not for protestors
by Kees Hudig
UK: Will the imprisonment of children at Yarls Wood end? by
Trevor Hemmings
UK: Speculative invoicingschemes target internet file-sharers
and individuals accused of minor retail crime by Max Rowlands
GERMANY: I dont want to be forced to lieInterview with privacy
activist Padeluun
FRANCE: Collective expulsions of Roma people undermines EUs
founding principles by Yasha Maccanico
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| vol 20 no
1 | pdf
| full
contents |
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NETHERLANDS: Central databases challenged by Kees Hudig
UK: New coalition government pledges to reverse the substantial
erosion of civil liberties and roll-back state intrusionby Max
Rowlands
SPAIN: Migrant minors at risk by Peio Aierbe
FRANCE: Ten convictions over Vincennes detention centre fire
by Yasha Maccanico
UK: Broadening the definition of terrorism: criminalising
the Mandelas as well as the bin-Ladens by Nick Moss
Spying in a see through world: the Open Sourceintelligence
industry by Ben Hayes
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| 2009 |
2008 |
| vol 19 no
4 | pdf
| full
contents |
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UK Governments clumsy, indiscriminate and disproportionateapproach
to DNA retention by Max Rowlands
GERMANY: The Federal Republics security services from the
Cold War to the new security architectureby Norbet Pütter
ITALY: Shocking death spotlights prisoners plight by Yasha
Maccanico
Unisys Corp: A spider in the web of high-tech security by
Eric Töpfer
UK: Yarls Wood No place for a child: New hunger strike over
conditions at immigration detention centre by Trevor Hemmings
UK: Misuse of section 44 stop and search powers continues
despite European Court ruling by Max Rowlands
EU: EU decision-making after the Treaty of Lisbon: a quick
guide by Steve Peers
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| vol 19 no
3 | pdf
| full
contents |
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EU protests: Troublemakersdatabase and travelling violent
offenders(undefined) to be recorded and targeted by Tony Bunyan
GERMANY: A network being networked: the Federal Criminal Police
Office databases and the surveillance of troublemakersby Eric
Töpfer
UK: Shock and anger at the violent policing tactics used at
the G20 Summit: Part 2 by Trevor Hemmings
NETHERLANDS: Biometric passport data linked to criminal databases
by Johan van Someren and Katrin McGauran
EU: Notes on the high-tec industry of European Border Control:
migration control and the arms industry in EU security research
policy by Vassilis Tsianos
ITALY: The internal and external fronts: security package
and returns to Libya by Yasha Maccanico
EU: Homeland Security comes to Europe by Ben Hayes
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| vol 19 no
2 | pdf
| full
contents |
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EU: European Parliament: Abolish 1st (and 2nd) reading secret
deals - lets have open democratic debate warts and allby Tony
Bunyan
UK: Shock and anger at the violent policing tactics used at
the G20 Summit by Trevor Hemmings
GERMANY: The Fruits of Torture: Stammheim trial confirms criticism
of German anti-terrorist law by Christina Clemm and Ulrich von
Klinggräff
EU: An employment office in Bamako: the European Unions transformation
of Mali into a migration control laboratory by Stephan Dünnwald
UK: New immigration system forces UK academics to act as an
extra arm of the policeby Max Rowlands
SPAIN: The Spanish police transition: a paradigm of continuity
by Mikel Aramendi
GERMANY: National Socialist continuities in the German police
by Stephan Linck
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| vol 19 no
1 | pdf
| full
contents |
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EU: SIS II in crisis: SIS I reloaded? by Eric Töpfer
EU: EU agrees rules for remote computer access by LEAs - but
fails, as usual, to mention the security and intelligence agencies
by Tony Bunyan
EU-IRAQ: The forgotten casualties of the war by Max Rowlands
EU: Statewatch wins complaint against European Commission
over its failure to maintain a proper public register of documents
by Tony Bunyan
ITALY: The never ending emergency by Italo di Sabato
EU: Deaths at the borders continue the effect of EU policies
in Morocco - Introduction by Yasha Maccanico, articles by Said
Tbel and Jerome Valluy
EU: The need for new alliances of anti-trafficking organisations
by Katrin McGauran
UK: British National Party membership list leaked by Trevor
Hemmings
SPAIN: Draft reform of the immigration law by Peio Aierbe
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| vol 18 no
4 | pdf
| full
contents |
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EU: EU agrees US demands to re-write data protection agreement
by Tony Bunyan
ITALY: Making sense of the Genoa G8 trials and aftermath by
Yasha Maccanico
UK: The shake-up in UK immigration control by Frances Webber
EU-TURKEY: Virtual walls in the South East: Turkey on its
way to Schengen by Emre Ertem
SPAIN: Reports detail abuses committed by police forces in
demonstrations, prisons and against migrants by Yasha Maccanico
GERMANY: Permanent state of prevention (pre-emption) by Katrin
McGauran
EU: The need for new alliances of anti-trafficking organisations
by Katrin McGauran
UK: Joint Committee on Human Rights enquiry into policing
and protest by Max Rowlands
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| vol 18 no
3 | pdf
| full
contents | accompanying news
digest |
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EU: Remote searches of computer hard drives by Tony Bunyan
ITALY: Who should be scared of whom? by Yasha Maccanico
EU-USA: On the targeting of activists in the War on Terrorby
Gene Ray
GERMANY: Banana Republicor institutional racism? Impunity
reigns over black death in custody by Katrin McGauran
SPAIN: Local police forces activity grows inspite of scandals
and lack of accountability by Guillerme Presa Suarez
UK: Inquiry into state sanctioned abuseof asylum-seekers by
Trevor Hemmings
EU: Searching for Needles in an ever expanding haystack: Cross-border
DNA data exchange in the wake of the Prum Treaty by Eric Topfer
UK: Joint Committee on Human Rights enquiry into policing
and protest by Max Rowlands
UK: Media Freedoms in the UK curtailed by police culture of
suspicionand double standards by Max Rowlands
VIEWPOINT: Improved security? Or a cancerous growth? by Phil
Hunt
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| vol 18 no
2 | pdf
| full
contents | accompanying news
digest |
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EU: EU Future Group: Euro-Atlantic area of cooperation on
justice and home affairs to be created plus spying drones, European
Gendarmerie, principle of convergenceand the digital tsunamiby
Tony Bunyan
EU: The digital tsunamiand the EU surveillance state by Tony
Bunyan
SPAIN: The obstruction, discrediting and criminalisation of
groups that report torture by Yasha Maccanico
EU: Global outcry at EU ReturnsDirective - business as usual
for Fortress Europeby Ben Hayes
NETHERLANDS: Immigration detention - systematic and inhumane
by Katrin McGauran
UK: Coming for the Kids: Big Brother and the Pied Pipers of
Surveillance by Ben Hayes and Max Rowlands
SWITZERLAND: Private spy on mission for Nestle by Dinu Gautier
EU: FOI in the EU: When is a documentnot a document? by Tony
Bunyan
EU: Proposal to amend the Regulation on access to EU documents
speech by Steve Peers to the European Parliament on behalf of
Statewatch, 2 June 2008
ITALY: Institutionalising discrimination by Yasha Maccanico
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| vol 18 no
1 | pdf |
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Features
EU: The surveillance of travel where everyone is a suspect
Viewpoint: "White man's burden": criminalising free
speech by Ben Hayes
State power beyond the law: the transatlantic fight against
human rights
Italy: Manslaughter trial for officers in Aldrovandi death
The issue also contains numerous shorter pieces organised
thematically: civil liberties; security & intelligence; immigration;
law; policing; prisons; military; and racism & fascism.
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2006 |
vol 17 no 3/4 | pdf
vol 17 no 2 | pdf
vol 17 no 1 | pdf |
vol 16 no 5/6 | pdf
vol 16 no 3/4 | pdf
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| 2005 |
2004 |
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vol 15 no 5 | pdf
vol 15 no 3/4 | pdf
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| 2003 |
2002 |
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2000 |
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1992 |
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vol 3 no 4 | pdf
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