German MP: Investigation needed re: Int. Undercover operations
j | 18.12.2011 14:43
Today,
Samstag, den 17. Dezember 2011, German MP Andrej Hunkoissued a press release after the Guardian release a story about UK women suing police regarding undercover operations. Hunko states that the German parliament must look into the relevant operations that took place in Germany.
Samstag, den 17. Dezember 2011, German MP Andrej Hunkoissued a press release after the Guardian release a story about UK women suing police regarding undercover operations. Hunko states that the German parliament must look into the relevant operations that took place in Germany.
there were demos also in Germany this week related to German undercovers:
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/12/490283.html
http://nottingham.indymedia.org.uk/articles/2270
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Press Release original link:
http://www.andrej-hunko.de/presse/894-the-cross-border-undercover-operation-needs-an-international-independant-investigation
The Cross-border Undercover Operation needs an International Independant Investigation
from German MP Andrej Hunko
Sat, den 17. Dezember 2011 um 20:33 Uhr
"I'm glad that the women, who were used physically and emotionally by British undercover police, have decided to initiate a legal action against police. Thereby, the operations of these police officers lands once again on the German parliamentary agenda," commented the German MP Andrej Hunko, regarding reports in the Guardian daily newspaper.
Eight women have filed legal action against the Metropolitan Police. Five officers have been named that have infiltrated leftist movements since the 1980's, and used deceipt to create sexual relationships with these women. Among them is the former undercover officer Mark Kennedy, who worked for the German police in the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Baden-Wuerttemberg. The open statement of these women contradicts the claims of Kennedy, that he only had sexual relationships with two women.
Andrej Hunko further stated:
"The courageous step of these eight women must also have consequences in Germany.
According to media reports, Kennedy was operating in 22 countries. It follows then, that Kennedy likely also used such illegal tactics in these countries. In my opinion, the Kennedy operations went against the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 8, which protects the rights for private and family life, including the right to form relationships without unjustified interference by the state.
According to Mark Kennedy, it is unlikely that his commading officers did not know about his sexual relationships. The women involved speak about an 'institutionalised sexism within the police'.
Althought the British Interior Minister announced a restructuring of the undercover operations earlier this year, it appears that only cosmetic changes have taken place. Further investigations have been delayed. The demands for an independant investigation commission has already been denied.
The German policing agencies responsible for the operations of Mark Kennedy must now release all information about his scadalous operation. The German National Criminal Police (BKA) must immediately open up the workings of this network: the police acted as a central point for these cross -border undercover exchanges, and took part in secret international working groups. A recently begun German-British initiative has attempted, at the EU level, to keep such undercover operations a large secret.
The British government must accept that in many countries, there is a need for strong investigations into this affair. Only then can there be the creation of a proper international, and especially independant investigation commission. Then the practices of these undercover officers could be exposed, whether they are in Iceland, Italy, France, Ireland, USA, Germany, or anywhere else".
-end
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and...from Heidelberg, Germany:
weeklong list of events, Action Days Against Spies:
http://spitzelstreik.wordpress.com/aktionswoche/
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/12/490283.html http://nottingham.indymedia.org.uk/articles/2270 **********
Press Release original link:
http://www.andrej-hunko.de/presse/894-the-cross-border-undercover-operation-needs-an-international-independant-investigation The Cross-border Undercover Operation needs an International Independant Investigation
from German MP Andrej Hunko
Sat, den 17. Dezember 2011 um 20:33 Uhr
"I'm glad that the women, who were used physically and emotionally by British undercover police, have decided to initiate a legal action against police. Thereby, the operations of these police officers lands once again on the German parliamentary agenda," commented the German MP Andrej Hunko, regarding reports in the Guardian daily newspaper.
Eight women have filed legal action against the Metropolitan Police. Five officers have been named that have infiltrated leftist movements since the 1980's, and used deceipt to create sexual relationships with these women. Among them is the former undercover officer Mark Kennedy, who worked for the German police in the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Baden-Wuerttemberg. The open statement of these women contradicts the claims of Kennedy, that he only had sexual relationships with two women.
Andrej Hunko further stated:
"The courageous step of these eight women must also have consequences in Germany.
According to media reports, Kennedy was operating in 22 countries. It follows then, that Kennedy likely also used such illegal tactics in these countries. In my opinion, the Kennedy operations went against the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 8, which protects the rights for private and family life, including the right to form relationships without unjustified interference by the state.
According to Mark Kennedy, it is unlikely that his commading officers did not know about his sexual relationships. The women involved speak about an 'institutionalised sexism within the police'.
Althought the British Interior Minister announced a restructuring of the undercover operations earlier this year, it appears that only cosmetic changes have taken place. Further investigations have been delayed. The demands for an independant investigation commission has already been denied.
The German policing agencies responsible for the operations of Mark Kennedy must now release all information about his scadalous operation. The German National Criminal Police (BKA) must immediately open up the workings of this network: the police acted as a central point for these cross -border undercover exchanges, and took part in secret international working groups. A recently begun German-British initiative has attempted, at the EU level, to keep such undercover operations a large secret.
The British government must accept that in many countries, there is a need for strong investigations into this affair. Only then can there be the creation of a proper international, and especially independant investigation commission. Then the practices of these undercover officers could be exposed, whether they are in Iceland, Italy, France, Ireland, USA, Germany, or anywhere else".
-end
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and...from Heidelberg, Germany:
weeklong list of events, Action Days Against Spies:
http://spitzelstreik.wordpress.com/aktionswoche/
j
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