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UK: Lost files and data protection
On 17 December 2007 the UK Transport Minister, Ruth Kelly, announced that the records of over 3 million driving test applicants - including their names, home addresses, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers - had been Read More
EU: Speech by the European Ombudsman to the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament regarding access to documents
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Scotland: “SNP’s random rail search concerns”
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UK: “Britain’s own Guantánamo The injustices faced by those charged with control order breaches are indefensibly brutal”
Article in the Guardian by Gareth Peirce (link) Read More
EU: Fighting terrorism can never be an excuse to violate human rights, say MEPs
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UK/Spain: Spanish lawyer questioned using anti-terrorism powers in King’s Cross
Gustavo Garcia, a lawyer from Vigo (Galicia) and member of the civil liberties and human rights observatory Esculca, and Mahmut Colak, a Kurd who has Spanish nationality and resides in London, were held and questioned Read More
Australia: Australia’s controversial national ID program hits the dumpster
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EU: Draft Council Conclusions on Mobility Partnerships and Circular Migration in the Framework of the Global Approach to Migration
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EU: On eve of International Migrants Day, PACE committee head slams EU proposals for irregular migrants
Press release (Strasbourg, 17.12.2007) "An EU proposal to fix at 18 months the maximum period of detention for irregular migrants in Europe “flies in the face of humanity”, according to the Chair of the Migration Read More
EU: Returns Directive: updated compilation
No! To the Outrageous Directive (pdf, 2.4MB) Website: outrageousdirective.org (link) The petition against the adoption of this EU Directive has now been signed by over 18,000 individuals and 600 organisations. See: Background (link) Read More