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Last Notes npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch Two human rights activists, Panayote Dimitras and Tommy Olsen, face up to 20 years in prison for their work reporting on distress cases and arrivals of migrants and refugees to Greece. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch The head of the UK’s College of Policing said the police need AI injected into their daily work “like heroin into the bloodstream.” He also thinks the National Centre for AI in Policing should spread AI tools “like wildfire through policing.” npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch We’ve obtained and published an “action file” on Syria, which shows that the EU is planning to deport more people there. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch In 2023 Spanish agents went undercover to join political and social movements as “intelligence agents”. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch Within two years of October 2023, the number of contracts between Israeli companies and public institutions in the EU grew to 112. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch A recent academic project, Probable Futures, mapped 70 uses of AI in the criminal justice system. These range from emergency call handling and evidence assessment to crime ‘prediction’ and automated analysis of video footage. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch These schemes see people brought into European countries—often after they pay significant up-front costs—to fill labour vacancies with minimal protections and visas tied to their employment. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch The border has not disappeared—it has been transformed. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch Police in England and Wales are already using live facial recognition (LFR) to scan millions of faces. But they are planning for more. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch Just leaked: New agreement between EU naval mission and Libya’s eastern forces (link below) npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch The latest issue of the Institute of Race Relation's publication "Race & Class" reviews a supposedly “green” and “pro-women’s safety” UNHCR project. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch We've just published the Commission's proposal for EU-US data exchange. What they suggest would violate EU law. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch The 14th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch Will you help us improve our work? npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch The EU must withdraw all provisions to expand and normalise immigration raids and surveillance measures under the proposed Deportation (“Return”) Regulation. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch We've just published a document that details the EU's disturbing plans to expand cross-border travel surveillance. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch Are the EU's border policy plans similar to the US? npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch UK: A recent court case has exposed Nick Gratwick as a private spy known as ‘Radio Nick’. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch As state powers of repression are globalised, so too must our resistance, advocacy and collaboration. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch Governments are increasingly engaging in transnational repression: reaching across borders to silence dissent from afar. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch According Info Park, an organisation in Belgrade, Serbia, people on the move along the Western Balkan route face a cycle of of detention, transfers, and endless reattempts. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch The “war on terror” might have left the headlines—but states are still using and abusing ‘counterterrorism’ powers to exert control. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch 1/ We’ve just launched a new in-depth resource that examines global counter-terrorism and security networks. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch In October 2024 the EU announced it would provide €30 million from its aid budget to Senegal. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch According to a document we obtained, EU member states seem ready to give US law enforcement authorities direct access to European police and immigration databases. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch The use of personal data in the EU’s border, immigration and asylum regimes has intensified over the last decade, and the dangers of inaccurate data have worsened. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch Why should you care about data protection law? 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And here’s how. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch Security AI is not neutral. It’s reinforcing the systems we already have — and who they exclude. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch France’s new “war on drugs” law won’t stop drug trafficking. But it will expand invasive surveillance—especially targeting migrants, activists, and political dissent. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch 1/ The UK Ministry of Justice’s "murder prediction" tool isn’t the only algorithmic system profiling people as future criminals. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch The Polish government has proposed new EU rules to ban the anonymous purchase of SIM cards. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch Last year, activists tried to stop a deportation flight from Milan. After their arrest, police seized their phones — and evidence later showed the devices were secretly accessed and tampered with using spyware made by the Israeli firm Cellebrite. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch Despite mounting evidence of abuses and calls against it by civil society, MEPs and more, EU member states are continuing the same harmful practice of outsourcing of border and migration controls to non-EU countries. npub1cmxw5pwc5c0085y9qatnukq7crfu44r36he9lk6h5kcn9rfthhcq73vm2f Statewatch The Italian senate is discussing a bill that could be "the most serious attack to the freedom of protest ever waged in recent decades." So we signed a joint statement with 26 organisations from across Europe to condemn it.
