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News in Brief (20.8.14)

20 August 2014

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German government pushes for 'Europeanisation' of arms industry (euractiv, link)

GREECE: Campaign to Close Campsfield and Barbed Wire Britain statement: Greek government’s announcement of plans to open 30 detention centres for migrants (link)

USA: Michael Brown shooting: Amnesty International sends team within US for first time as National Guard deployed (The Independent, link)

UK: Hundreds of police staff investigated over use of Facebook and Twitter - Cases breaching social media guidelines include racist and threatening remarks and 'friend' requests to crime victims (Guardian, link)

USA: California “Kill Switch” Bill Could Be Used to Disrupt Protests (CommonDreams, link): "Police could use the kill switch to shut down all phones in a situation they unilaterally perceive as presenting an imminent risk of danger."

POLAND: Dissident theatre director fired by city mayor (XIndex, link): "Ewa Wojciak, director of Poland’s Theatre of the Eighth Day, was fired by Poznan mayor Ryszard Grobelny on 28 July. His administration oversees culture and arts in the city, including Wojciak’s subversive and anti-establishment theatre group."

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