28 September 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: The UK presidency has drawn up draft Council conclusions on regional protection 2. EU: Terrorist recruitment: a Commission’s Communication 3. EU: Civil society letter to MEPs on data retention proposals 4. EU: Final text of the European Commission proposals on the mandatory retention 5.… Continue reading

15 September 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: Data protection and data retention proposals: full-text 2. Council of Europe report on use of biometrics 3. Schengen: Joint Supervisory Authority (JSA) report on the use of Article 96 “alerts” 4. SIS-Denmark: Danish Data Protection Agency letler on Article 96 “alerts” 5. EU Presidency:… Continue reading

18 August 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council Declaration Follow-up 2. EU: Prum Convention (Schengen III) official English translation 3. UK: Press Statement from lawyers on the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes 4. Italy: Statewatch analysis: Tough new anti-terrorist laws adopted 5. Ireland-USA: Mutual Legal Assistance… Continue reading

9 August 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. UK: Home Office call for sweeping grounds for exclusion or deportatation 2. UK: Reactions to the government’s new plans to tackle terrorism 3. UK: Prime Minister’s statement on new terrorists measures 4. EU: Report for 2004: EU Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights 5.… Continue reading

28 July 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. Special: EU: Schengen III Treaty 2. EU: Draft European Commission proposal on data retention 3. EU: Commission proposal on transfers of funds 4. Expulsions to Kabul and Joint charter flight 5. UK: ID Card Bill as amended in Committee 6. Democracy at the crossroads? Counter-terrorism… Continue reading

13 July 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: UK Presidency proposes that all ID cards have biometrics 2. UK-EU: Call for mandatory data retention of all telecommunications 3. EU policy “putsch”: Data protection handed to the DG for “law, order and security” 4. EU: UK Presidency programme on asylum and immigration 5.… Continue reading

23 June 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: Legislative proposals on SIS II 2. UK: Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill 3. EU: Visa Information System confusion 4. Spain: Court dismisses terrorist charges in Basque youth association trial 5. Spain: Court report on the Gabriele Kanze case 6. USA: General Accountability Office (GAO)… Continue reading

15 June 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 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… Continue reading

9 June 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. Council of Europe report on human rights in UK 2. Statewatch analysis: Revising EU border control rules 3. EU: Impact of the Amsterdam Treaty on justice and home affairs 4. Ethnic Profiling by Police in Europe 5. UK: Union call to end tagging of workers… Continue reading

3 June 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 2 June 2. EU/Libya: Full steam ahead, without pausing to think 3. EU-AFRICA-UKRAINE: External holding camps 4. ID cards: implications for Black, Minority Ethnic, migrant and refugee communities 5. European Parliament rejects mandatory data protection proposal 6. UK: Report… Continue reading

19 May 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: SIS II fait accompli? Construction of EU’s Big Brother database underway 2. EU: From the SIS to SIS II and the Visa Information (VIS): the proposals explained 3. Denmark: Greenpeace charged under anti-terror laws 4. European Commission: Technical Mission to Libya on illegal immigration… Continue reading

10 May 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. JOURNALISM, CIVIL LIBERTIES AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM Special report by the International Federation of Journalists and Statewatch 2. EU: Role of new Internal Security Committee being decided by the Council – in secret 3. EU: European Commission: “The Hague Programme: Ten priorities for the… Continue reading

14 April 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. Statewatch announces an International project to stop “Policy Laundering” 2. EU: Twenty NGOs write to JHA Council about Libya measures 3. Spain: Highest ever number of dinghy deaths in 2004 4. EU: Access to documents – first win in court 5. EU: Justice and Home… Continue reading

13 March 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. UK: Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 2. EU: After Madrid: the EU’s response to terrorism 3. Iraq: Global public health experts: failure to count Iraqi casualties irresponsible 4. EU: Data Protection Supervisor says exchange of criminal records proposal is not proportionate 5. UK: Intelligence and… Continue reading