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Subject: UK anti-terrorism proposals & other news from Statewatch



Statewatch News Online, 14 November 2001
See: <http://www.statewatch.org/news>

UK ANTI-TERRORISM BILL PUBLISHED

The UK government has published its "Anti-terrorism, crime and
security Bill". For research and information purposes Statewatch
has broken the Bill down below into Sections (with smaller "pdf"
sizes):

1. Immigration and asylum and race and religion (Part 4, Sections
21-42)
2. Police powers, Northern Ireland, MOD and transport police (Part
10, Sections 88-100)
3. Retention of telecommunications data (Part 11, Sections 101-
105)
4. EU Third pillar, Terrorism Act 2000 (Part 13, Sections 109-119)
5. Schedules: these contain additional changes which may be
relevant to above

Analysis of this lengthy Bill will follow.

DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS MUST NOT BECOME THE COLLATERAL
DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM

A group of lawyers have drawn up an "Appeal" to the European
Parliament to reject the proposal by the European Commission
which seeks to introduce a binding Framework Decision
introducing a definition of "terrorism" which would seriously
threaten democratic rights and the "freedom of association, the
right to strike and freedom of expression". The "appeal" has
already been signed by 82 lawyers from six countries and is open
to lawyers, organisations and others to sign up to - by sending an
e-mail to: [log in to unmask]

The text of the "appeal" is available in most EU languages.

STATEWATCH'S WORK RECOGNISED AS "INFLUENTIAL" IN
THE EU

Statewatch editor, Tony Bunyan, has been selected by the
European Voice newspaper as one of the fifty most influential
people in the EU over the past year. The EV50 as it is known was
selected by a "distinguished panel of opinion-leaders and
journalists". The Brussels-based paper is now running an online
poll to find the top 10 "Europeans of the Year" from the fifty names -
 the ten winners will receive 5,000 euros each to give to a charity of
their choice.

The voting form is on: <http://www.ev50.com/poll/>

Tony Bunyan commented:

"It is good to see that our work on civil liberties and fighting for
access to documents in the EU has been recognised. Though
looking at the others on the list like Berlusconi, Blair, Bush and
Solana I'll be lucky to come 50th".

NEWS IN BRIEF

UK: National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) publishes its
"threat assessment" for 2001

UK: government plans new law for the retention of all
telecommunications data for use by the law enforcement agencies

Italy: police in Sicily mark Sudanese "illegals" with numbers

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