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