Borders and frontiers
- Frontex returned almost 50 people to Afghanistan this year with help from NGO fronted by UK security veterans. EUObserver.
- In Spain’s Ceuta, hundreds of migrants stage protest and demand asylum. Reuters.
- Behind closed doors, migrants in Lithuania face collective punishment. LRT
- Rwanda revealed as EU’s first migrant return hub, but what’s in it for Kigali? EUObserver.
- The Regulation of Shame: When Far-Right Ideas Become EU Return Law. EU Law Analysis.
- Ireland: Academics criticise visa refusals for Gaza scholarship students. RTÉ.
- How private companies are building Europe’s digital borders – and what we must do about it. Article 19.
- Italy: Death of Lassoued Dhoui in Palazzo San Gervasio detention centre – Stop a migration policy that imprisons, abuses and kills. CRLDHT.
Coercion and control
- Italy: Media freedom continues to decline. European Center for Press and Media Freedom.
- States using new tech to limit freedom of expression and opinion, warns UN expert. United Nations.
- Search and rescue NGOs in the Mediterranean continue to face legal action. EU Fundamental Rights Agency.
- One Day in Manchester: Violent police repression of anti-fascist protesters. Netpol.
- UK state threats bill could pull British journalists into terror prosecutions, experts say. The Guardian.
- Northern Ireland: PSNI force use surges as firearms drawn at record pace. Police Professional.
- Police demand powers to remove face coverings in Scotland. The National.
- Albanian police use teargas and water cannons on Jared Kushner resort protestors. The Independent.
- Italy: Death of a Moroccan citizen during a law enforcement intervention. Migreurop.
Collusion and crime
- ‘Nepotism and bias’ rife in England and Wales police leadership, report finds. The Guardian.
- Germany moves to criminalise denial of Israel’s existence while refusing to recognise Palestine. Middle East Eye
- England and Wales: Head of Police Federation among four people ‘arrested on suspicion of fraud’. LBC.
Discrimination and racism
- Nearly a quarter of voters in Europe now back far-right parties. The Guardian.
- UK: Thetford residents remain on edge after days of ‘mob rule’ over asylum plans. The Guardian.
Resistance and solidarity
- People’s Tribunal on Police Killings to hold European evidence sessions. 4WardEver.
- UK: Moog 4 denied due process as judiciary covers for genocide – retrial confirmed for early 2027. Cage.
- UK: Spycops Victims Demand Home Office Scrap Consultation. Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance.
- How Belgian campaigners forced a de facto arms embargo on Israel. OpenDemocracy.
Secrecy and transparency
Snooping and surveillance
- Germany: Federal Police: Coalition OKs AI real-time tracking & state trojans. Heise.
- Irish regulators clash over legal terms in bill on police use of biometric recognition. Biometric Update.
- Morocco Deploys First AI-Powered Police Patrol Vehicles in Rabat. We Are Tech.
- The face as political infrastructure. Media@LSE.
- Germany massively expands federal police powers. DW.
- Italy’s Own Privacy Watchdog Says Its New Police Facial Recognition Decree Violates EU AI Act. Tech Times.
- UK: MI5 to pay damages for illegal surveillance of journalist’s phone. BBC News.
- Scotland’s police inspector backs faster rollout of facial recognition, AI. Biometric Update.
