1. Global coalition against surveillance launched - Statewatch
2. Report on airline passenger screening
3. Strengthening national parliamentary scrutiny of the EU - report
4. European Parliament condemns the mass expulsion of migrants from Lampedusa
5. JHA Council Press release
6. UK: Inquires Act 2005 and the Inquries Bill and the murder of Pat Finucane
7. Racist violence going unreported and unchecked - EUMC report

1. LAUNCH OF GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST SURVEILLANCE AND REGISTRATION

Press Release - 20 April, 2005: Global coalition launch report and
international surveillance campaign: London - Statewatch, with partner
organisations the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Focus on the
Global South, Friends Committee (US) and the International Civil Liberties
Monitoring Group (Canada) today publishes an in-depth report on "The
emergence of a global infrastructure for registration and surveillance".

With the support of around 100 civil liberties groups and NGOs from across
the world, the report is backed by the launch of the International Campaign
Against Mass Surveillance (ICAMS), calling on all national governments and
intergovernmental organisations to turn away from anti-terrorism efforts
that are oriented around mass surveillance:

1. Press release:  http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/apr/icams-sw-prel.pdf
2. Executive Summary:
 http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/apr/icams-exec-summary.pdf
3. Full report:  http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/apr/icams-report.pdf
4. Declaration:  http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/apr/icams-declaration.pdf
5. List supporting organisations:
 http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/apr/ICAMS_supporters.htm

Tony Bunyan, Director of Statewatch, said: "We are very pleased to be
joining with so many civil liberties groups from around the world to oppose
the introduction of mass surveillance on a global basis. There is a real
danger that in trying to watch everyone you are actually watching no-one"

2. US: Report on airline passenger screening from the US Congressional
Research Service on highlights the different approaches being taken by the
USA and the EU:
 http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/apr/07us-passenger-screening.htm

3. EU: Report from the UK House of Lords' European Union Committee on:
Strengthening national parliamentary scrutiny of the EU - the
Constitution's subsidiarity early warning mechanism:
 http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/apr/eu-hol-subsidarity.pdf

4. EU-Italy: The European Parliament adopts resolution condemning the mass
expulsion of migrants from Lampedusa and the "lowest common denominator
approach" to asylum:
 http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/apr/06ep-lampedusa-res.htm

5. EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 14 April, Luxembourg: Press Release:
 http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/apr/jha-14april-prel.pdf

6. UK: Inquires Act 2005 and the Inquries Bill and the murder of Pat Finucane:
 http://www.serve.com/pfc/pf/inqubill/inqubill.html (link)

7. A report from the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
(EUMC) finds that there is a lack of adequate data on the level of racist
attacks in 15 member states which hides masking the scale of the problem.
Racist violence going unreported and unchecked:
 http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/apr/raxen-racial-violence.pdf


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