30 August 2016 — Statewatch.org/

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1.   EU Commission: Copyright reform proposals: Leaked internal Impact Assessment (IA)
2.   Statewatch Analysis: The visible hand: The EU’s Security Industrial Policy
3.   Refugees: New routes to reach Spain lead to more deaths at sea
4.   EU: Common list of safe countries of origin: Parliament concerned on Commission proposal
5.   EU: European System for Travel Authorisation on the way
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3 June 2016 — Statewatch • E-mail: office@statewatch.org

European conference marking Statewatch’s anniversary

STATEWATCHING EUROPE
Civil liberties, the state and the European Union
09.45 – 17:00, Saturday 25 June 2016
Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 ( map)

For 25 years Statewatch has been working to publish and promote investigative journalism and critical research in Europe in the fields of the state, justice and home affairs, civil liberties, accountability and openness. We invite you to join us in London on 25 June 2016 at our Conference where there will be:

Workshops and discussions on the refugee crisis in the Med and in the EU; mass surveillance; the EU’s crisis of legitimacy and accountability; the policing of protest and criminalisation of communities; racism, xenophobia and the far right; strategies of resistance and the defence of civil liberties.

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22 February 2016 — Statewatch

Statewatch monitoring the state and civil liberties: 8 February 2016 (05/16)

NGOs and volunteers helping refugees in Greece to be placed under state control:
View as pdf: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2016/feb/greece-state-control-ngos.pdf

– only in the Soviet Union and under the STASI in East Germany were NGOs expected to hand over lists and personal details of all their members/volunteers

– “In particular there should be no attempts by public authorities to make NGOs effectively agencies working under their control..”

(Council of Europe)

– “the registration of volunteers has no place in a democracy” (Director of Statewatch)

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8 February 2016 — Statewatch

Statewatch monitoring the state and civil liberties: 8 February 2016 (04/16) Statewatch EU Justice and Home Affairs Archive 1976-2000
Paper document collection available free to a good home

Our archive of 7,000+ paper documents on EU justice and home affairs policy needs a new home.

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1 February 2016 — Statewatch

Statewatch News Online, 1 February 2016 (03/16)

Web link to this story: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2016/jan/eu-med-crisis-criminalising-civil-society.htm
Refugee crisis: Council proposals on migrant smuggling would criminalise humanitarian assistance by civil society, local people and volunteers and in Greece: NGOs and volunteers have to “register” with the police and be vetted

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18 January 2016 — Statewatch

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http://www.statewatch.org/news/
Statewatch – with links to 12 free resources and databases

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8 December 2015 — Statewatch

7 December 2015 — Statewatch.org

Statewatch News Online, 7 December 2015 (26/15)

24 November 2015 — Statewatch

17 November 2015 — Statewatch •  e-mail: office@statewatch.org

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NEWS: http://www.statewatch.org/news/

1.   CoE: Commissioner Mui nieks intervenes in ECHR on migration cases concerning
2.   EP study: Implementation Lisbon Treaty: Improving Functioning of EU: Foreign Affairs
3.   EU: CJEU Judgment: Commission right to refuse access to documents
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21 October 2015—  http://www.statewatch.org/ • e-mail: office@statewatch.org