Europe
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the general meeting of the Russian International Affairs Council, Moscow, December 8, 2020
The international agenda has been packed with crises and conflicts. As if this was not enough, COVID-19 appeared and has done tangible damage to the global economy. State borders are still closed or subject to different restrictions. Human contact has been disrupted in all spheres without exceptions. It is only possible to counter this virus… Continue reading
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EU: Democracy is more than elections
The image of Donald Trump on a golf course refusing to concede election defeat got me thinking. It served as a blunt reminder of just how much power certain leaders hold on to. Admittedly the US is not the only place where abuse of power has gotten out of control in recent times. When I… Continue reading
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In Blow to Online Privacy EU Seizes on Vienna Attack to Enact Long-Desired Ban on Encryption
The European Union is rushing through new legislation to get rid of end to end digital encryption. This would mean the end of privacy for users of popular messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal. Continue reading
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Statewatch News 6 November 2020
6 November 2020 — Statewatch Also available as a PDF Support the fight for democracy and civil liberties in Europe Help us to maintain and expand our research, reporting and investigations. Become a Friend of Statewatch. DONATE £ |DONATE € —————————————————————- Webinar: Deportation Union: databases for expulsions Continue reading
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Watch: The Moment for Change Is Now. Medical Doctors Speak Out
On October 10, 2020, ACU2020.org announced the world doctors’ alliance in Berlin, Germany. It is an alliance of medical doctors, scientists and peace activists who together claim that this COVID-19 affair is just not true. And as medical doctors, it is their duty to speak out the truth. Continue reading
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Russia and the EU: “Business as Usual” Is Over
Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Minister, is the world’s foremost diplomat. The son of an Armenian father and a Russian mother, he’s just on another level altogether. Here, once again, we may be able to see why. Continue reading
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Webinar: Deportation Union: databases for expulsions (26 October, 14:00-15:30 CET)
The EU is expanding a host of databases used for migration and border control. A key focus of this is the increased collection and use of personal data to facilitate forced removals. Continue reading
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If no-one watches the watchers, we can’t defend our civil liberties
As governments seek ever-greater surveillance powers, we need to keep them under control. For almost three decades, Statewatch has reported on, analysed and fought against attempts by the EU and national governments to snoop further and further into our private lives – from the surveillance and retention of telecommunications data; to the profiling of travellers, tourists… Continue reading
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Statewatch News – 18 September 2020 (11/20)
18 September 2020 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf. If you appreciate our work, please support us with a donation If you haven’t already done so, why not like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter? —————————————————————- Event: 28 September, 13:30 BST/14:30 CET Webinar: Deportation Union: revamped return policies and reckless forced removals Join Statewatch and TNI on 28 September for the first Continue reading
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Deportation Union: revamped return policies and reckless forced removals
Join Statewatch and TNI on 28 September at 13:30 BST/14:30 CET for the first webinar of a three-part series accompanying the publication of the report Deportation Union: Rights, accountability and the EU’s push to increased forced removals. Continue reading
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The West Killed and Displaced Muslim Multitudes, Becomes So Worried with the Plight of the Uighurs
From Beijing, we had President Xi Jinping. From Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel. And from Brussels, President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. The Chinese billed it as the first summit “of its kind in history”. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online 24 August 2020 (10/20)
24 August 2020 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf: https://www.statewatch.org/media/1322/email-24-8-20-final.pdf NEW PUBLICATIONS Press release: EU’s planned ‘deportation machine’: expensive, dangerous and lacking in transparency and accountability measures Plans to increase the number of deportations from the EU will cost hundreds of millions of euros, create giant, opaque and unaccountable agencies and further undermine claims that the Continue reading
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Deportation Union: Rights, accountability and the EU’s push to increase forced removals
Deportation Union provides a critical examination of recently-introduced and forthcoming EU measures designed to increase the number of deportations carried out by national authorities and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex. It focuses on three key areas: attempts to reduce or eliminate rights and protections in the law governing deportations; the expansion and interconnection… Continue reading
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Moral panic over refugees in the English Channel is the ugly face of Brexit
Imagine the courage and fortitude, borne of desperation, it requires to embark on a do or die attempt to cross the sea in a dinghy from a land where you’ve already been met with the fist of fury rather than the hand of friendship, to another land where more hostility and rage awaits your arrival. Continue reading
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Watch: Germany’s COVID-19 Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry
On 3rd July 2020, the ACU started with an information conference in several languages. All citizens, national and international, can make suggestions for experts and witnesses (kontakt@ärzte-für-aufklärung.de). The speakers of the ACU (Heiko Schöning, Bodo Schiffmann, Martin Haditsch) invite the experts and witnesses to the public hearing of evidence. Continue reading
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The U.S. Nuclear Presence in Western Europe, 1954-1962
Declassified Records Reflect Debates over Nuclear Weapons Stockpile, Use Decisions, and Independent Nuclear Capabilities Continue reading
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Towards a Totalitarian Regime? European Commission Adopts GMO Vaccine to Combat the Covid-19 Virus
In a decision which will shock many, the European Commission has taken a big step towards its ambition to subject its citizens to a totalitarian regime in which DNA altering technology forms the centre piece of mass control and unapologetic rule by despotism. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online,14 2020 (9/20)
14 July 2020 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org Also available as a pdf file: https://www.statewatch.org/media/1230/email-14-7-20.pdf STATEWATCH ANALYSES 1. Analysis: Spain/Portugal/Italy: Partial relief: migrant regularisations during the COVID-19 pandemic by Yurema Pallarés Pla Continue reading
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Press release: EU to deploy controversial technologies on holidaymakers and business travellers
International travel may be on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the EU is pressing ahead with long-term plans to deploy controversial, untested technologies that will cast a “veil of suspicion” over holidaymakers and other travellers visiting the Schengen area, says a new report published today by the civil liberties organisation Statewatch. Continue reading
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Automated suspicion: The EU’s new travel surveillance initiatives
Join us for the launch of a report looking at how the EU is using new technologies to screen, profile and risk-assess travellers to the Schengen area, and the risks this poses to civil liberties and fundamental rights. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 