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23 July 2019

UK: The UK government’s “hostile environment” is harming public health

"There is growing evidence that the government’s “package” of hostile environment policies are causing serious harm to public health in the UK."

23 July 2019

EU coalition of the willing agrees new migrant ‘solidarity mechanism'

"Fourteen member countries of the European Union have agreed to a new “solidarity mechanism” proposed by Germany and France to allocate migrants across the bloc, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday (22 July)."

22 July 2019

Spain’s model for saving lives at sea should be emulated in the EU

"Clearly, we are witnessing the transfer of search-and-rescue responsibilities to the military."

19 July 2019

EU: Court of Auditors: The ethical frameworks of the audited EU institutions: scope for improvement

"In this special report, we assessed whether the ethical frameworks of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Council, and the European Commission were well established."

18 July 2019

Green New Deal – panacea or problem?

"As the notion of a Green New Deal rapidly spreads as an answer to capitalism in US and UK media and political circles, our lead article in July 2019 asks if Green capitalism can propose a real solution to the ecological crisis and the human crises of poverty, austerity, immigration and racism."

18 July 2019

Opinion: Don’t Regulate Facial Recognition. Ban It

"We are on the verge of a nightmare era of mass surveillance by the state and private companies. It’s not too late to stop it"

18 July 2019

UK: Special Branch Files Project

"…where released files are shared"

18 July 2019

EU: GDPR Review: Council of the European Union: Finnish Council Presidency: Preparation of the Council position on the evaluation and review of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

"In the context of this evaluation and review, the Commission shall examine, in particular, the application and functioning of Chapter V..."

16 July 2019

Black undercover officer who spied on Stephen Lawrence campaign named - Police spy pretended to be leftwing and anti-racist campaigner for four years

"The fake identity of a black undercover police officer who spied on the justice campaign led by the parents of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has been officially revealed."

15 July 2019

Former German spy chief causes alarm by sharing far-right tweets - Critics question judgment of Georg Maaßen for spreading ‘lies and extremist agitation’

"When he was in charge of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, Hans-Georg Maaßen warned of how easy it was for people to be led astray by “disinformation” and “clumsy fake reports” on the internet"

 

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