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EU: Court admits Kurdistan Worker’s Party’s challenge

Jan 17, 2007

On 18 January, in the case brought on behalf of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) by its leader, Abdullah Öcalan, the European Court of Justice held that PKK could challenge a 2002 decision by the EU Council to include the party on the list of terrorist...

EU: Court annuls asset freeze on Iran group listed as terrorist organization

Jan 17, 2007

On 12 December, the Court of First Instance annulled a decision by the EU Council to freeze the assets of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), listed by the EU as a terrorist organization. The Court found that the decision to freeze the...

EU: SWIFT in violation of EU data protection laws

Nov 17, 2006

The “Article 29 Data Protection Working Party”, an EU agency made up of data protection supervisors from the 25 member states, found that the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) violated EU data protection laws by giving US authorities...

EU: New agreement reached with the United States on air passenger data exchange

Nov 17, 2006

On 16 October, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted a decision on an interim agreement with the US to continue transferring airline passenger data to the US administration. This follows a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Communities in May,...

EU: Parliament releases interim report on secret detentions and renditions in Europe

Nov 17, 2006

On 28 November, the European Parliament’s “Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners” released its interim report. The Committee concluded that most European countries were aware...