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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
News in Brief; Germany: Der Speigel article: The CIA in Europe
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UK: First trial for demonstrating illegally near Parliament
The first trial resulting from the new anti-protest zone around Parliament under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act will take place tomorrow (Wednesday 7 December, link). Maya Evans, 25 years-old, was arrested on 25 Read More
EU Presidencies of the Council of the European Union: 2006-2018
Austria: January – June 2006 Finland: July – December 2006 Germany: January – June 2007 Portugal: July – December 2007 Slovenia: January – June 2008 France: July – December 2008 Czech Republic: January – June Read More
EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council 1-2 December 2005
JHA Press release for 1 December 2005 (pdf) "A" Point agenda (adopted without debate) "B" Point Agenda (pdf) Background Note (pdf) "A" Point agenda includes: Code of Conduct : Non-Profit Sector (pdf) Documents on the Read More
News in Brief; European Roma Rights Centre report: Always somewhere else: Anti-Gypsyism in France
Country Report Series, No. 15 November 2005 (link) Read More
EU: Open Letter from civil society groups to the European Parliament calling on MEPs to reject Data Retention
6 December 2005 To all Members of the European Parliament We the undersigned are calling on you to reject the 'Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on the Retention of Data Processed in Read More