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[NEW!] Today, we reveal how EU funds are used to support surveillance in non-EU countries.
PI and a coalition of civil society organisations demand urgent reforms to EU development aid and cooperation programmes!
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PI and a coalition of civil society organisations demand urgent reforms to EU development aid and cooperation programmes!
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We are releasing hundreds of documents obtained after a year of negotiating with EU bodies under access to documents laws. These disclosures reveal for the first time the extensive use of EU funds to train and equip security forces with surveillance tech. https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4291/surveillance-disclosures-show-urgent-need-reforms-eu-aid-programmes
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This is the EU Training Regime that is teaching neighbouring countries how to spy on their citizens.
https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4289/revealed-eu-training-regime-teaching-neighbours-how-spy
This is the EU Training Regime that is teaching neighbouring countries how to spy on their citizens.
https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4289/revealed-eu-training-regime-teaching-neighbours-how-spy
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Borders take different shapes: sometimes, they are are in different countries entirely. This is how EU money is funding surveillance in a bid to outsource border controls.
https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4288/borders-without-borders-how-eu-exporting-surveillance-bid-outsource-its-border
Borders take different shapes: sometimes, they are are in different countries entirely. This is how EU money is funding surveillance in a bid to outsource border controls.
https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4288/borders-without-borders-how-eu-exporting-surveillance-bid-outsource-its-border
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Here’s how a well-connected security company is quietly building mass biometric databases in West Africa with EU aid funds: meet Civipol.
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4290/heres-how-well-connected-security-company-quietly-building-mass-biometric
Here’s how a well-connected security company is quietly building mass biometric databases in West Africa with EU aid funds: meet Civipol.
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4290/heres-how-well-connected-security-company-quietly-building-mass-biometric
We are calling on the EU Commission to stop the diversion of aid funds!
@AFEXafrica @AfricaNetRights @APC_News @Arcinazionale @enablingNGOlaw @Xpressionhub @cipesaug @HermesCenter @Homo_Digitalis_ @rights360 @TheMFWA @StatewatchEU @TNInstitute
https://privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/Letter%20Calling%20for%20Reforms%20to%20the%20EU%20Funding-1.pdf
@AFEXafrica @AfricaNetRights @APC_News @Arcinazionale @enablingNGOlaw @Xpressionhub @cipesaug @HermesCenter @Homo_Digitalis_ @rights360 @TheMFWA @StatewatchEU @TNInstitute
https://privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/Letter%20Calling%20for%20Reforms%20to%20the%20EU%20Funding-1.pdf
