30 July 2018 — Statewatch

Dear Statewatchers,

Our civil liberties are continually under threat

We provide all our services free. We have just launched a new Observatory on the Creation of a centralised Justic & Home Affairs database “a point of no return:” This Observatory covers the so-called “interoperability” of EU JHA databases which in reality will create a centralised EU state database covering all existing and future JHA databases :http://www.statewatch.org/interoperability/eu-big-brother-database.htm

This follows a long tradition of Statewatch reporting in depth and over time on key issues:

– Refugee crisis (from January 2015 and ongoing: http://www.statewatch.org/eu-med-crisis.htm

• The Snowden affair: http://www.statewatch.org/eu-usa-data-surveillance.htm
  

– CIA rendition: http://www.statewatch.org/rendition/rendition.html
– After 11 September 2001 Observatory: In defence of freedom & democracy: http://www.statewatch.org/observatory2.htm

And many more, see: Observatories: http://www.statewatch.org/observatories.htm

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