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EU: Draft Council Resolution on “information exchange on the expulsion of radical preachers inciting violence and racial hatred”
Draft Resolution (EU doc no: 15664/06, pdf) While the title of the Council document speaks of "radical preachers" the text in clause 1 refers to an "expelled third country national(s)" who are to be denied Read More
UK: Government caves in on NHS patient database
Patients to be allowed to request that their personal medical records are not put on national database: Minister admits U-turn on NHS database amid privacy fears and How patients' protests forced a rethink on NHS Read More
EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council, Brussels, 4-5 December 2006
Press release (pdf) Background Note (pdf) "A" Point agenda (adopted without discussion, pdf) plus: - Council draft proposal on the Fundamental Human Rights Agency (29 November, pdf), Draft proposal (10 November with member state positions, Read More
EU: The “principle of availability”
Statewatch analysis by Tony Bunyan The free market in access to data/intelligence will rely on "self-regulation" by the law enforcement agencies and make accountability almost meaningless. Read More
EU: Driving licence Directive agreed
Full-text (pdf) with following: Amendments (pdf) This will introduce a uniform credit-card-like licence valid for only 10 years. A number of countries issue licences for life - Germany, Austria, France, Belgium and, until recently, the Read More
Scotland: Special Branch: Against Criminalising Communities
Tayside Special Branch Community Contact Unit - a Briefing from Scotland Against Criminalising Communities (pdf) See: Scotland Against Criminalising Communities (link) Read More
EU: ECJ: Court of First Instance finds against Council of the EU on inclusion of OMPI on the list of groups subject to the freezing of funds
Court judgment (pdf) Council "Factsheet" (pdf) Read More
Greece: Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee
Report on Greece (pdf) The CPT has recommended various measures to stamp out ill-treatment by law enforcement officials; they include investigating allegations of ill-treatment thoroughly and, where appropriate, imposing disciplinary and/or criminal sanctions on the Read More
EU: Council of Europe: Report of the Group of Wise Persons to the Committee of Ministers on the long-term effectiveness of the ECHR control mechanism
Report (pdf) Read More
UK: Court victory for Fairford protesters
The House of Lords Appeal Court ruled that the police were were wrong to detain two coachloads of 120 people on their way to protest at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire in March 2003. Their lawyer Read More