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Subject: Statewatch News Online, 31 January 2005 (03/05)
Statewatch News Online, 31 January 2005 (03/05)
Full contents see: http://www.statewatch.org/news
1. UK: Home Secretary announces control orders for terrorist "suspects
2. EU: "Anti-terrorism" legitimises sweeping new "internal security"
complex
3. Ireland: NGO Alliance Shadow Report on racism and discrimination
4. UK: Inquiries Bill
5. Statewatch bulletin published: Full contents of latest bulletin
6. EU: European Commission: Proposal on the fight against organised crime
7. Northern Ireland: Lord Carlile review of Part VII of the Terrorism Act
2000
8. EU: White Paper on exchanges of information on convictions
9. UK: Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill
10. UK referendum Bill
11. Charities and NGOs targeted in "war on terror"
12. EU: exchange of PNR (passenger name records) with Canada
13. EU: Driving licences
14. EU-US: Homeland Security
15. Spain: Women in prison conference
16. UK: Identity Card Bill as amended
17. Malta: Inquiry into Safi Barracks incidents
18. EU-UNHCR cooperation
19. "Rendition" man abducted for interrogation
1. UK: HOME SECRETARY ANNOUNCES CONTROL ORDERS FOR TERRORIST "SUSPECTS"
Government plans to bring in "control orders" including "home arrests" by
executive action
Full-text of statement by the Home Secretary:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/10uk-control-orders.htm
Statement on the use of intercepts as evidence:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/11uk-intercepts-evidence.htm
Amnesty International (link):
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/15900.shtml
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/09ni-hrc-house-arrest.htm
Comments in the weekend press (link):
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/print/0%2C3858%2C5115691-108933%2C00.html
2. EU: "Anti-terrorism" legitimises sweeping new "internal security"
complex: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/06sitcen.htm
3. Ireland: NGO Alliance Shadow Report: In Response to the Irish
Government's First National Report to CERD under the United Nations
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/ireland-ngo-alliance.pdf
"To date, little real attempt has been made by the Government to curb
racism in the media and to prohibit incitement to hatred... Debate on some
Government policies has been conducted in a manner that has fuelled racism
in Ireland, and little attempt has been made to censure politicians whose
statements"
4. UK: INQUIRIES BILL
UK: Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Inquiries Bill (link):
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200405/jtselect/jtrights/26/2605.
htm
"The Committee raises concerns about the capacity of the Bill to provide a
framework for inquiries necessary to comply with the right to life, under
Article 2 ECHR, where a death occurs in state custody or agents of the
state are implicated in a death."
i) Full-text of the Inquiries Bill:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/uk-inquiries-bill.pdf
ii) Explanatory Notes (link):
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmbills/005/en/05005x--.ht
m
iii) Amendments proposed as at 18.1.05 (link):
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200405/ldbills/007/amend/ml007-ii
.htm
iv) The Inquiries Bill and the murder of Pat Finucane (link):
http://www.serve.com/pfc/pf/inqubill/inqubill.html
v) "The Inquiries Bill removes in one fell swoop the notion of independent
scrutiny over the actions of government and government departments and
agencies" (British Irish Rights Watch): Briefing:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/birw-briefing.pdf
5. Statewatch bulletin published: Full contents of latest bulletin:
http://www.statewatch.org/swbul.html
6. EU: European Commission: Proposal for a Council Framework Decision on
the fight against organised crime COM(2005) 6 final:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/org-crime-com06-05.pdf
7. Northern Ireland: Lord Carlile review of Part VII of the Terrorism Act
2000: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/ni-partVII-terr-act-2000.pdf
8. EU: European Commission White Paper on exchanges of information on
convictions and the effect of such convictions in the European Union
COM(2005) 10 final:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/convictions-com010-05.pdf
9. UK: Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Serious Organised Crime and
Police Bill (link):
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200405/jtselect/jtrights/26/2604.
htm
"The Committee raises a number of concerns about the compliance with
Article 8 ECHR (right to respect for private and family life) of provisions
in Part 1 of the Bill concerning the powers of the Serious Organised Crime
Agency (SOCA) in relation to the gathering, storage, use and disclosure of
information."
Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill (full-text, pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/nov/uk-socp-bill.pdf
Explanatory Note (link):
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmbills/005/en/05005x--.ht
m
10. UK: European Union Bill - setting up the referendum on the EU
Constitution: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/uk-eu-ref-bill.pdf
Explanatory Note (link):
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmbills/045/en/05045x--.ht
m
11. Canada/US/FATF/UK: Charities and NGOs targeted in "war on terror":
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/08charities.htm
12. EU-Canada: Article 29 Data Protection Working Party clears the exchange
of PNR (passenger name records) with Canada:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/wp103.pdf
13. EU: European Parliament's Transport Committee agrees report on the
introduction of 10 years driving licences: Draft EP report:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/ep-drivlic-draft.pdf
See also Statewatch report: EU driving licences to be renewed every 10
years and new security features added each time:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2003/dec/04eudrivinglicence.htm
14. EU-USA: US Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, announced on 13
January that that the United States will establish a full-time attache from
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the European Union. "This new
position is not only symbolic of our commitment to increased cooperation,
but, by having a direct link between the Secretary and negotiating partners
across Europe, it will allow for constant communication on an operational
level," he said. Ridge announcement (link):
http://www.useu.be/Terrorism/USResponse/Jan1305RidgeUSEUCooperation.html
News in Brief
http://www.statewatch.org/news/Newsinbrief.htm
15. Spain: Women in prison conference in Barcelona, 8 April 2005
16. UK: Identity Card Bill as amended in Committee dated 27 January 2005
17. Malta: Inquiry into Safi Barracks incidents starts - 26 illegal
immigrants and two soldiers were injured during a protest (The Times,
Malta):
18. European Commission: Communication to members of the Commission:
Memorandum concerning the establishment of a Strategic Partnership between
the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the
Commission of the European Communities in the field of protection and
assistance to refugees and other people of concern to the UNHCR in third
countries (pdf - this will not be published in the Official Journal)
19. 'They beat me from all sides': A German car salesman says that a year
ago he was kidnapped in Europe, beaten and flown to a US-controlled jail in
Afghanistan. Now the German government is collecting evidence to back up
his story. James Meek hears Khaled el-Masri's account of life in America's
secret offshore prison network (Guardian, link)
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http://www.statewatch.org/news
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http://www.statewatch.org/whatsnew.htm
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http://www.statewatch.org/monitor/monitor.html
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