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CIVIL LIBERTIES + STATE REPRESSION

IMC | 12.10.2001 14:06

The response to the attacks from many governements has been to immediatly propose new draconian legislation that will attack civil liberties. As some politicians and commentators cite the anti-globalisation movement as a terrorist network post Genoa and post September 11, there is already evidence emerging that a clampdown is underway.

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14th
Secret Service Force closure of Raga against the Machine website -

http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=11459

21st
STATEWATCH: EU terror plans may hit protests

http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=12136

21st
Criminalisation of the Social Movements in the Spanish State.

http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=12165

Effects on Anti-capitalist
List of concerns of the anti capitalist movement

http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=11439 -uk

Suggestions of state collusion -

http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=9955&group=webcast - nycimc

Invasion of West Bank areas since attacks -

http://www.indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/display.php3?article_id=6967

15th
Big Brother sinks his teeth in!

http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=11562

16th
To punish innocent Afghans would be immoral by christian aid

http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=11613

21st
Big Brother & The WTC Attack
(security concerns in the US)

http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=12056

Concern over the civil liberties of dissident groups

http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=11415 - uk

U.S. Civil Liberties Endangered After Sept. 11 Terrorist Strike
Between The Lines' Scott Harris

http://www.uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=13185&group=webcast

More democracy, more security
Liberty Watch - Observer campaign

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9115,560732,00.html

04/10
BBC Online - Civil liberty and ID cards

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1544000/1544619.stm

ACLU on Domestic Surveillance "Trust Us, We're the Government"
The American Civil Liberties Union
Wednesday, October 10, 2001

http://www.aclu.org/safeandfree

Reckless ID card plan will destroy nation's freedom
By Simon Davies - Privacy International

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/29/wfor229.xml

As a Security Measure, ID Card Is a Phony

http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/terrorism/opinion/1007edidcard.html

radio story about Internet service providers giving user info to authorities

http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/wesun/20011007.wesun.05.ram

Not So Fast, Senator Says, as Terror Bill Gains Ground

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/10/national/10RIGH.html

Oppose Extreme and Unnecessary Expansions of Government Authority!

http://www.aclu.org/action/usa107.html

Ashcroft Centralizing Control Over the Prosecution and Prevention of Terrorism

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/10/national/10INQU.html?pagewanted=print

Bush Wants to Use Terrorism Panel in Criminal Probes

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2001/10/06/MN183971.DTL

Databases and Security vs. Privacy
(argument against national ID cards)

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2001/tc2001108_3550.htm

Technology Helps Put Surveillance in Focus

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000080591oct09.story

A Taste of Big Brother in US

http://commondreams.org/headlines01/1007-01.htm

Terrorism and the Constitution

http://www.cdt.org/policy/terrorism/terrorismbook.html

Dutch Government Wants to Regulate Strong Cryptography

http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/9763/1.html

Stopping the Next One
(whole issue on supposed prevention technologies)

http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,17505,FF.html

US to Intensify Effort Against Threat of Computer Terrorism
(this article confuses terrorists' *use* of net with attacks *against* the net)

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000080558oct09.story

White House, Senate Reach Agreement on Anti-Terrorism Bill

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000079336oct04.story

Terror Laws Near Votes in House and Senate

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/05/national/05RIGH.html?pagewanted=print

Ashcroft Pushes Stronger Antiterrorism Bill

http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/04/inv.ashcroft.terrorism/

Toward a Balanced Terrorism Bill

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/04/opinion/04THU3.html

Proposed Legislation Significantly Affecting the Computer Profession

http://www.usenix.org/whatsnew/legislation.html

Consortium Responds to More Restrictive Access to Visas by Non-Immigrants

http://www.uciep.org/press1.htm

Report Warns of Rights Abuse Risk

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000079340oct04.story

Viisage Selected to Deploy the First Face-Recognition System in a US Airport

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/011004/42302_1.html

Nixed "Holy War" Web Site Offered PGP Encryption Key

http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170828.html

Massive Search Reveals No Secret Code in Web Images

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991340

Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities

http://66.129.1.101/top20.htm

Securing the Lines of a Wired Nation

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/04/technology/circuits/04SECU.html

Immigrants' Driver's License Bill a Victim of Terrible Timing

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000079422oct04.column

Muslim Leaders Condemn Thatcher Attack

http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,563247,00.html

"in America, history shows, war does not override the calculus of politics"

http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/polipro/pp2001-10-03.htm

Bill to Boost Defendants' Rights in Italy Hinders Terrorism War
(Berlusconi and his cronies are changing criminal law to protect themselves)

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000079343oct04.story

Senate Favors Federal Airport Screeners

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000079338oct04.story

Statement on Terrorism, Civil Liberties, and the Internet

http://www.pfir.org/statements/liberties

Don't Blame the Internet

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43828-2001Sep29.html

analysis of the anti-hacking provisions of the proposed anti-terrorism act

http://www.politechbot.com/p-02597.html

British ID Cards Backlash Begins

http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrights/story/0,7369,561043,00.html

We Must Dismantle Our Democracy in Order to Save It

http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2001/10/01/tomo/

Feds tapping ISPs / Hotmail providing assistance

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46747,00.html

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RELATED LINKS:

Cyber Rights and Cyber Liberties

http://www.cyber-rights.org/

Electronic Privacy Information Center
News / Analysis, plus good privacy tools section

http://www.epic.org/

The Electronic Frontier Foundation

http://www.eff.org

In Defence of Freedom: US Anti-terrorism Act 2001 coalition

http://www.indefenseoffreedom.org

Index On Censorship - Special Section, News / Analysis

http://www.indexonline.org/news/110901/index.shtml

Liberty - National Council for Civil Liberties
ID Cards and Terrorism/Civil Rights Issues

http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk

Magnacartaplus: criticism of UK's anti-terrorism legislation 2000

http://www.magnacartaplus.org/bills/terrorism/index.htm

Privacy International - ID cards

http://www.privacyinternational.org/issues/idcard

Privacy.Org - information, and news on privacy

http://www.privacy.org

Statewatch: monitoring the state and civil liberties in the European Union

http://www.statewatch.org
Proposal to create EU para-military police units to counter protests

http://www.statewatch.org/news/2001/oct/01paramilitary.htm
The "enemy within" - EU plans for the surveillance of protestors and the criminalisation of protests)

http://www.statewatch.org/news/2001/aug/12poreport.htm

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