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Subject: Statewatch News Online, 30 January 2006 (02/06)
Statewatch News Online, 30 January 2006 (02/06)
Full contents see: http://www.statewatch.org
1. Greece: 5,432 immigrants in massive security
sweep in 2005 at request of MI6
2. The war on terrorism: What is "Camolin"?
3. European Data Protection Supervisor on
access by internal security agencies to VIS
4. EU-US: Flights, rendition, inquiries
5. UK: Police and Justice Bill
6. EU: Commission Proposal Establishing a
Community civil protection mechanism
7. USA: General Accountability Office (GAO) Report on US-VISIT programme
8. UK leads the world in the collection of individual DNA records
9. Northern Ireland: Bloody Sunday Programme 2006
10. UK-PNR scheme
11. European Civil Liberties Network (ECLN): Noticeboard - latest updates
12. IFJ Slams "Culture of Indifference" Over Killings of Journalists
13. Russia-UK: Foreign Office rejects espionage
claims against British diplomats
14. Italy: Interior Minister details reservations
on the Prüm Convention (Schengen III)
15. Understanding the riots in France, IRR News Service
16. European Ombudsman says Council does not go
far enough in opening up its meetings
17. EU: Commission on exchange of information by
security and intelligence services
18. Germany: Government complicit in Iraq war
19. UK: New LSE report on Identity Cards
1. Greece: 5,432 immigrants questioned in massive
security sweep in July-August 2005 at request of
MI6 - 28 Pakistani men abducted, held in secret
houses, questioned and subjected to violence:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/08greece-security-sweep.htm
2. The war on terrorism: What is "Camolin"? An
intelligence operation involving agencies from
the USA, Germany, France, UK, Canada and Australia:
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/05eu-camolin.htm
3. European Data Protection Supervisor Opinion on
access by internal security agencies to the Visa Information System (VIS):
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/edps-opinion-VIS-security.pdf
Commission proposal for a Council Decision (COM 600, 2005):
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/com-600-05-VIS-security.pdf
The EDPS calls for a number of changes to
strengthen the proposal. However, there is no
right for the individual to be told of access to
their data or of how it is further processed by
the "internal security" agencies (anti-terrorist and law enforcement).
4. EU-US: Flights, rendition, inquiries:
a. Council of Europe: Rendition and camps:
According to Council of Europe Parliamentary
Assembly investigator Dick Marty it is highly
likely that European governments were aware of
'rendition' affecting Europe: CoE Interim Report
- full-text (pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/coe-interim-det.pdf
b. EU: Rendition: the cover-up by Martin Bright (New Statesman, link):
http://www.newstatesman.com/200601230005
Full-text of secret memo from the Foreign Office to No 10 (pdf):
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/rendition-letter.pdf
c. European Parliament:
a. Resolution setting up temporary committee to
investigate flights and detention centres (link):
http://www.europarl.eu.int/omk/sipade3?TYPE-DOC=MOTION&REF=B6-2006-0051&MODE
=SIP&L=EN
b. Membership of the Committee - list of MEPs
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/ep-temp-committee.htm
5. UK: Police and Justice Bill (pdf):
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/uk-police-and-justice-Bill.pdf
Explanatory Notes (pdf):
See:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/uk-police-and-justice-Bill-explan.pd
f
The Bill includes powers to collect PNR
(Passenger Name Records) on everyone on domestic
flights and ferries (powers to get similar
personal data on those flying in and out of the
country are included in the Immigration Bill).
Plus allowing "community support officers" to
take part in "truancy sweeps", power to court to
remand in custody those breaching ASBOs until
hearing, and police force mergers.
6. EU: European Commission Proposal Establishing
a Community civil protection mechanism (recast) (pdf):
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/com-civil-prot-06-29.pdf
7. USA: General Accountability Office (GAO) Report on US-VISIT programme
(pdf):
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/us-gao-imm.pdf
This is little detail in this report on the
US-VISIT programme which is intended to keep a
life-long history of everyone entering and
leaving the USA. However, it does says that since
the scheme was started in 2003 and millions of
passengers checked only 450 people with "criminal
or immigration violations" have been prevented
from entering. It also appears that checks on
those leaving the country only cover 24% of
people - which renders the scheme pretty
ineffectual as they do do know whether most
people have left or are still in the country.
8. UK leads the world in the collection of
individual DNA records with over 2.5 million
collected by March 2004. 5.24% of the UK
population have had their DNA taken from them,
this compares to 0.98% in Austria, 0.83% in
Switzerland, 0.50% in the USA and 0.41% in
Germany. UK figures are set to increase
substantially as a change in the law says that
DNA and fingerprints can be compulsorily be taken
by police from anyone arrested for any offence -
DNA and fingerprints can be kept on the National
DNA Database (NDNAD) even if the person is not
charged with any offence or has been acquitted of an alleged offence.
See: Report on UK DNA database (pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/uk-DNA-database.pdf
9. Northern Ireland: Bloody Sunday Programme 2006
(link to Pat Finucane Centre):
http://www.serve.com/pfc/bs/bs2006.pdf
10. UK-PNR scheme: Security services and police
to get UK air passenger details in advance (Guardian, link):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0%2C3858%2C5382063-108958%2C00.html
Statewatch briefing: e-Borders plan to tackle
"threats" - the scheme is one of the most
advanced in the world - but will not be fuly in place until at least 2018
(pdf)
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/aug/ebord.pdf
11. European Civil Liberties Network (ECLN): Noticeboard - latest updates:
See: http://www.ecln.org/noticeboard.asp
12. International Federation of Journalists: IFJ
Slams "Culture of Indifference" Over Killings of
Journalists as Media Death Tolls Tops 150 (link):
http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Index=3660&Language=EN
IFJ report:
Part 1: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/ifj-deaths.pdf
Part 2: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/ifj-deaths-2.pdf
Part 3: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/ifj-deaths-3.pdf
13. Russia-UK: Foreign Office rejects espionage
claims against British diplomats - agents named (link):
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060123/43134065.html
Moscow names British 'spies' in NGO row: TV
alleges transmitter was hidden in stone block:
Embassy staff accused of funding Russian groups (Guardian, link):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0%2C3858%2C5381318-103610%2C00.html
14. Italy: Interior Minister details reservations
on the Prüm Convention (Schengen III):
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/07italy-prum-treaty.htm
15. Understanding the riots in France, IRR News Service (link):
http://www.irr.org.uk/2006/january/ha000016.html
16. European Ombudsman says Council does not go
far enough in opening up its meetings:
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/06eu-omb-council.htm
17. EU: Commission proposal for a Council
Decision on the transmission of information
resulting from the activities of security and
intelligence services with respect to terrorist
offences (COM(2005) 695):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/com-europol-sec-int-info.pdf
18. Germany: Government complicit in Iraq war -
Secret service BND remained in Baghdad and
supported US military in "identification of
targets", Panorama programme reveals: See:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/04germany-iraq.htm
19. UK: New LSE report on Identity Cards (full report, pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/identityreport.pdf
Press release (link): http://is.lse.ac.uk/idcard/PR1.htm
Liberty briefing on House of Lords' Report stage (link):
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/resources/policy-papers/2006/id-cards
-report-stage.PDF
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