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EU under pressure to cancel data adequacy agreement with Israel
Israel's "combination of legal reforms, unchecked intelligence access, and the operational deployment of EU-linked data in repressive practices further undermines the credibility of Israel’s adequacy status," warns a letter to the European Commission signed by 17 organisations, including Statewatch. Read More
“We must build a different future while we can”: collective statement calls for urgent change of course
A declaration coordinated by the Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy ties together the crises of border violence and refugee deaths at sea, extractivism and fossil fuel dependence, militarism, Big Tech and corporate power, the genocide in Palestine, and environmental destruction in the Mediterranean. It makes an urgent call for a transformative social, environmental and political alternative. Read More
New report examines Algeria’s role in the European border regime
A new report looks at the way the Algerian government has increased its involvement in border control initiatives promoted by European governments, after decades of reluctance to do so. Read More
EU: Proposed deportation law fuels “far-right narratives” and should be withdrawn, says letter
EU lawmakers should drop the proposed deportation Regulation, says an open letter signed by 12 members of the #ProtectNotSurveil coalition, including Statewatch. The letter warns that the proposal will violate peoples' rights through an expansion of the EU's digital surveillance and control infrastructure. Read More
Document: EU measures against transport operators involved in migrant smuggling
The latest Polish Council Presidency draft of the proposed Regulation "on measures against transport operators that facilitate or engage in trafficking in persons or smuggling of migrants". If a company were deemed to be engaged in those activities, the EU would be able to suspend port visitation rights, road or rail transportation licences, or to limit the scope of existing licences. Read More
Artificial intelligence, artificial security: Digital technologies and authoritarian politics
Join Statewatch and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience to discuss the nexus between state power, digital technologies and security politics in Europe and the USA. Read More
Document: Access to data for effective law enforcement
The Council of the EU's proposed priorities for law enforcement access to data, covering: measures to be implemented immediately; priorities for the European Commission's upcoming "roadmap to ensure lawful and effective access to data"; and ideas for ways to "foster a constructive public discourse." Read More
Longstanding failings in police databases likely to worsen under new deportation law
The EU’s new deportation law will expand a database that has long led to abuses and rights violations, particularly in relation to the right to data protection. Read More
Europe urged to revoke UK’s data adequacy status
Computing, 5 June 2025. Read More
European civil society calls for the protection of the freedom flotilla and an end to the Gaza blockade
A vessel attempting to carry medicine, food, and infant supplies to Gaza is currently sailing across the Mediterranean. A previous attempt at such a voyage was ended following an attack by armed drones. A letter so far signed by 220 organisations and 4,700 individuals calls on European and other governments to take action to ensure the protection of the vessel, and an end to the siege and bombing of Gaza: "The fate of millions of people in Gaza and the humanitarians trying to support them depends on our collective ability to respond with strength and determination." Read More