The New Dark Age

15 June 2005 — Statewatch

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1. EU: Updated documents on EU Terrorism Action Plans
2. EU-UK: European Union Committee, House of Lords: Evidence by Commissioner Frattini
3. UK: Violent Crime Reduction Bill
4. Italy/Spain: Big Brother Awards
5. Denmark: Greenpeace verdict introduces collective punishment into law
6. CoE: Report by CPT Committee on Belmarsh and Woodhill detainees
7. European Commission against Racism and Intolerance – report on UK
8. Statewatch’s ASBOwatch updated
9. New publication: The glass consumer: Life in a surveillance society
10. EU: Forsenic DNA databasing: A European Perspective
11. USA: Justice Department report on FBI role prior to 11 September 2001
12. Lord Steyn: On Belmarsh and Guantánamo detentions
13. Norway: Update on the Krekar case

1. EU: Updated documents on EU Terrorism Action Plans:

a. EU Terrorism Action Plan (version dated 10 June)
www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jun/eu-terr-action-plan-10-jun05.pdf

b. Council and Commission Hague Programme (10 June – English version)
www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jun/hague-council-com-prog.pdf

c. Report from EU Anti-terrorism Coordinator – useful summary of implementation of measures at national level
www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jun/eu-terr-action-coordinator-10-jun05.pdf

2. EU: Report from the European Union Committee, House of Lords: Evidence by Commissioner Franco Frattini, Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security on Justice and Home Affairs Matters:
www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jun/eu-hol-frattini-report.pdf

3. UK: Violent Crime Reduction Bill published (pd). Includes: Alcohol Disorder Zones and Directions to individuals to leave a locality: “That test is that the presence of the individual in that locality is likely, in all the circumstances, to cause or to contribute to the occurrence or continuance in that locality of alcohol-related crime or disorder”:
www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jun/uk-bill-violent-crime.pdf

4. Italy/Spain: Big Brother Awards:
www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jun/03italy-spain-big-brother.htm

5. Denmark: Greenpeace verdict introduces collective punishment in Danish law:
www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jun/04greenpeace.htm

6. Council of Europe: Report from the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on the UK. Critical report on the treatment of people held in Belmarsh and Woodhill under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act (2001):
www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jun/coe-tort-degrad-uk.pdf

7. UK: European Commission against Racism and Intolerance – 3rd report on UK (pdf) Reports on Muslims, asylum-seekers and refugees living in a “climate of fear and suspicion”: www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jun/coe-ecri-uk-rep.pdf

8. Statewatch’s ASBOwatch monitoring the use of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders throughout the UK has been updated:
www.statewatch.org/asbo/ASBOwatch.html

9. New publication: The glass consumer: Life in a surveillance society edited by Susanne Lace. The Policy Press:
www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jun/glass-consumer.pdf

10. EU: Forsenic DNA databasing: A European Perspective (link):
www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.johnson/eu.html

11. USA: Justice Department, Inspector General’s crticial report on the role of the FBI in investigating leads prior to 11 September 2001 (link):
www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/0506/final.pdf

12. Lord Steyn: Britain accused of creating terror fears: Law lord says UK and US tried to bend international law with Belmarsh and Guantánamo detentions (Guardian, link): www.guardian.co.uk/print/0%2C3858%2C5213512-111274%2C00.html

13. Norway: Update on the Krekar case (link):
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8F3FF03D-3B79-41DE-9817-C20835FC8A02.htm

Norway: All charges dropped against Krekar (Statewatch News Online, June 2004):
www.statewatch.org/news/2004/jun/12norway-krekar.htm

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