Author: Matthias Monroy
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German football fans speak out against repression
Umbrella organisation defends itself against surveillance and arbitrary police violence Football fans are demanding less violence and surveillance from the police in Germany. At the annual general meeting of their umbrella organisation in Hanover, 22 local associations published a joint…
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Go film the police: How the police want to define the “de facto public”
Interview with Maren Burkhardt The German Campaign for Victims of Racist Police Violence (Kampagne für Opfer rassistischer Polizeigewalt, KOP) calls for documenting police actions with video footage. Initially, the police defended themselves against this with the Art Copyright Act, now…
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New EU control system: Waiting times at German borders to triple
In six months’ time, travellers from third countries will have their passports, fingerprints and facial images checked automatically. Because of the time-consuming procedure, the German Federal Police is hoping for the timely delivery of self-service machines and is considering a…
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Five federal states: German interception centre further delayed
An institution in Leipzig is to act as a central service provider for the surveillance of telecommunications from 2024. The wiretapping centre planned in Leipzig by five German states will be delayed for at least another two years. This was…