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EU: Access to documents: Europol
Confirmatory application with regard to Dutch MEP Sophie In 't Veld's request for access to the final inspection report on the implementation of the Terrorist Financing Tracking Programme (TFTP) Agreement by Europol (pdf) and a Read More
Genoa G8: Final sentences for both police and demonstrators
30.08.2012 On 5 and 13 July 2012, the Corte di Cassazione in Rome (Italy's highest appeal court) issued the final sentences in two key cases dating back to the infamous G8 summit held in Genoa Read More
UK: Border Agency revokes London Metropolitan University’s licensing for enrolling foreign students
UK: London Met banned from enrolling overseas students (Times Higher Education, link) The UK Border Agency has revoked London Metropolitan University's licence to sponsor overseas students, a move that means the institution cannot continue to Read More
EU: Statewatch analysis: Was Hungary the first EU country of arrival? Legal responsibility before human rights: a short story on Dublin II
The Austrian Asylum court has been requested to ask the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) whether the removal of an asylum-seeker to Hungary in application of the Dublin Regulation should be suspended. Despite serious Read More
Germany: Anti-fascist camp banned in Dortmund
24/08/2012 - A summer camp for anti-fascist activists, where workshops and presentations were planned, has been banned by local authorities a day before the camp was scheduled to start in Dortmund. Organisers of the camp Read More
UK: Police use anti-terror powers to detain anarchists on return from conference in Switzerland
23.08.2012 British counter-terrorist police at Heathrow airport last week (13 August) detained two anarchists returning from a conference in Switzerland, asked them a number of "inflammatory, irrelevant and offensive questions," and copied information from passports, Read More
UK: Statewatch analysis: Nationwide vigils commemorate deaths in custody (pdf)
Despite evidence of institutional and systematic failure and 11 verdicts of unlawful killing since 1990, no state official has been successfully prosecuted for a death in custody. On Father’s Day, 17 June 2012, peaceful vigils Read More
EU: Another secretive European police working group revealed as governments remain tight-lipped on other police networks and the activities of Mark Kennedy
23.08.2012 - Statewatch can reveal the existence of a previously unknown international police working group geared towards discussing and developing covert investigative techniques. At the same time parliamentary questions in Germany have seen further details Read More
EU: Statewatch analysis: European governments step up repression of anti-austerity activists
A total ban on protest was imposed in Frankfurt, demonstrations in Greece were met with police violence, and planned legal reforms in Spain will significantly diminish the right to protest. See: Full analysis (pdf) Read More
Amnesty International: Urgent Action: Migrants face forced eviction in France
About 40 African migrants face imminent forced eviction from a squat in Calais, France. If evicted, they would be left homeless and vulnerable to other human rights violations. See: Notice (pdf) Read More