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Attention, facial recognition! Saxony continues to operate camera columns in Upper Lusatia
After Görlitz, the police now also want to set up systems for real-time recognition of facial images in Zittau. This system is unprecedented in Germany. The Görlitz police department wants to continue using its “Person Identification System” (Peris) based on facial recognition and even expand it. This was confirmed by a spokesperson at the request […]
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Murder of policewoman: German police may have overlooked a motive of right-wing terrorist NSU
The policewoman Michèle Kiesewetter may have foiled a neo-Nazi meeting in a restaurant run by a friend of right-wing terrorist Beate Zschäpe. That would be a motive for the last known NSU murder. One year before she was murdered by the self-proclaimed “National Socialist Underground” (NSU) in Heilbronn, police officer Michèle Kiesewetter may have prevented […]
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Berlin knew about crimes in Saudi Arabia: Security agreement not be terminated despite massacres
Four months before a UN report, the German government knew about reports of massacres of refugees in Saudi Arabia. However, trainings of the federal police continued. Oil guards also benefit. The German government had long had indications of human rights violations by Saudi security forces on the border with Yemen and nevertheless continued its police […]
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EU agency criticises repression against sea rescuers: States initiated over 63 proceedings in seven years
The EU Fundamental Rights Agency criticises national authorities and courts for arresting private rescue vessels. Reprisals also take place in Germany. In the past seven years, Germany, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands and Spain have initiated dozens of administrative or criminal proceedings, obstructing search and rescue operations by civil society actors. This is according to an […]
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Possible violation of arms embargo: German technology for Myanmar military
The Myanmar military has apparently purchased satellite technology from the German manufacturer ND Satcom from Baden-Württemberg until 2022. The public prosecutor’s office is now investigating. Next to Bremen, the municipality of Immenstaad in Baden-Württemberg is probably the most important location for satellite technology in Germany. The defence division of Airbus manufactures the satellites for the […]
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Engine failure and crash: Frontex drones in Malta and Greece grounded
A drone flying on behalf of Frontext has blocked the runway of Malta’s international airport after a malfunction. In August, a similar model had crashed into the sea off Crete. The coastguard plans to salvage the wreckage. A Frontex drone has paralysed Malta airport due to a defect. The incident occurred in the late morning […]