From: Statewatch [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 November 2003 16:11
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Subject: Statewatch News online, 1 November 2003
Statewatch News online, 1 November 2003
see: http://www.statewatch.org/news
1. EU: Mandatory retention of telecommunications
data would be unlawful, see:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2003/oct/26eudataret.htm
2. UK: Amnesty International says decision on ten
people held in Belmarsh Prison "amounts to
perversion of justice", see:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2003/oct/30ai.htm
3. EU: Environmental groups welcome new proposals
on access to documents and justice and public
participation but oppose attempts to vet which
groups will have these rights, see:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2003/oct/29environ.htm
4. Finland: Outrage over three asylum seekers -
two of them children - given forcible injections:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2003/oct/28finland.htm
5. EU: "health cards" and 10 year driving licences
pose privacy questions, see:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2003/oct/24health.htm
6. Statewatch online resources - full-text: UK
laws (Acts of Parliament):
UK laws 1988 - ongoing, see:
http://www.statewatch.org/docbin/uklaws.htm
7. Statewatch submission to the EU Network on
Independent Experts on fundamental rights raises
22 major civil liberties concerns, see:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2003/oct/22swsub.htm
also in "News in brief":
http://www.statewatch.org/news/Newsinbrief.htm
8. UK: New deterrent measures for asylum seekers
condemned: IRR News Service
9. USA: The White House is blocking search engines
from finding a host of pages on its website
10. "Forgotten your computer password again? Press
Here" article from Computerworld on how a
biometric image or your fingerprint (or face)
means passwords will no longer be needed for bank
and credit cards or for employees to enter
buildings
"What's New" lists all stories added:
http://www.statewatch.org/whatsnew.htm
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