Archive
EU: Opinion of the Meijers Committee on the recently adopted asylum procedure directive
Link (pdf) This has been sent to the members of the Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) in the European Parliament, requesting them to start a 230 annulment procedure. Aslyum Procedures Directive (OJ, pdf) Read More
EU: Austrian Presidency draft Agendas for the three Justice and Home Affairs Ministers’ Councils
Agendas (see pages 22-28 pdf). Austrian and Finnish Presidencies of the Council of the European Union:Programme for 2006 (see pages 40-45, pdf) - this includes the heading "Strengthening freedom" which is all about asylum, refugees Read More
EU-US: “Torture By Proxy, International and Domestic Law Applicable to Extraordinary Renditions”
Report by Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University (pdf). Outlines how Extraordinary Rendition violates international human rights, humanitarian, refugee and criminal law. It also identifies the responsibilities of States to not Read More
UK: “Defend democratic and human rights in Russia”
Defend democratic and human rights in Russia: Justice for Prof Bill Bowring: Protest at the Russian Embassy, 13 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, W8 4QX. Friday, 16 December 12.30-2pm (pdf) Read More
UK-Greece: MI6 stories
MI6 Athens station chief named (Cryptome, link) and MI6 officer linked to abductions in Athens hunt for Tube bombers (Guardian, link) and Greece urged to investigate MI6 torture link Athens MI6 station chief linked to Read More
UK: Joint Human Rights Committee issues damning report on UK terrorism Bill
Report (pdf) The Committee considers that the definition of “terrorism” needs to be changed for the purposes of many of these measures if they are to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights. See Read More
Europe: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Paris 13 December
The rapporteur and Chair of the Committee, Dick Marty, Council of Europe statement on detention centres (full-text). "Legal proceedings in progress in certain countries seemed to indicate that individuals had been abducted and transferred to Read More
Germany: Refugee from Cameroon threatened with imprisonment for resisting travel restrictions imposed on asylum seekers
Synopsis: The German self-organised refugee group The Voice and the Göttinger Arbeitskreis zur Unterstützung von Asylsuchenden e.V. is asking for support in their campaign to stop the imprisonment of Cornelius Yufanyi for fighting for his Read More
EU: “Terrorist” list updated 29 November 2005
see latest news on Statewatch's Observatory on the terrorist lists Read More
NI: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill
Groups oppose proposed legislation: Joint statement from Justice for the Forgotten, Relatives for Justice and the Pat Finucane Centre Full-text of NI (Offences) Bill (pdf) Explanatory Note (pdf) Read More