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EU: Parliament says European States involved in CIA rendition activities

Apr 16, 2006

On 24 April, the European Parliament released its draft interim report on the alleged involvement of European states in CIA renditions and secret detentions. The report states that it is highly unlikely that European countries were unaware of extraordinary renditions...

EU: Parliament launches investigation into alleged CIA prisons and transfers

Feb 16, 2006

On 18 January, the European Parliament agreed on the mandate of a temporary committee to investigate the allegations of transport and illegal detention of terrorist suspects by the CIA in European countries. Resolution EP...

UN: Independent experts call for Guantánamo Bay to be closed

Feb 16, 2006

On 16 February, five UN independent investigators issued a joint report on the detention centre in Guantánamo Bay, urging the US to close it down and either bring all detainees before an independent and competent tribunal or release them. The UN Secretary General and...

EU adopts data retention directive and new anti-terrorism strategy

Dec 8, 2005

Despite opposition from human rights organizations and the telecommunications industry, the European Union has adopted a new directive that requires telephone and Internet data to be stored for six months to two years. In parallel, EU Justice Ministers have adopted a...

EU: Passenger data exchange deal with USA under legal threat

Dec 8, 2005

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice proposes the annulment of the EU-US deal under which airline passenger data has been handed over to US authorities since May 2004. The European Parliament has challenged the deal as violating EU rules on data...