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Activists post police portraits on the internet, Los Angeles now wants them back
The Los Angeles Police Department released over 9,000 images of its officers to critical police observers after a lawsuit. Undercover officers were among them, it is now said in a lawsuit. The city of Los Angeles is seeking a court… Further reading
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With sousveillance against the watchers
Images from satellites and drones could support civilian rescue organisations in operations in the Mediterranean, and an app could help against pushbacks at land borders. But the technology is currently only helping in rudimentary ways at best. The Mediterranean Sea… Further reading
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ATM bombers in Germany: More and more “bank robberies of the modern age”
The number of blown-up self-service kiosks at banks continues to increase. Instead of inflammable gas, solid explosives are often used, which also increases the damage to property. These crimes are particularly lucrative in Germany. Interior ministers now call for laws… Further reading
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After criticism of police violence: France’s interior minister threatens 125-year-old civil rights organisation
After excessive police violence, even by French standards, Gérald Darmanin threatens to withdraw funding from the Human Rights League. The organisation had criticised the brutal crackdown on protests at a “Megabassin” in Sainte-Soline. In a four-hour hearing in the National… Further reading
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Mass deportations from Croatia and Hungary: Organisations complain of human rights violations
More than 130,000 people were deported from Hungary to neighbouring Serbia without an asylum application being registered. Now Croatia is returning refugees on a large scale to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatian police are currently carrying out mass deportations of refugees… Further reading
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German Police to hack into servers abroad, Minister of the Interior speaks of “turning point”
Federal cyber defence authorities are to be strengthened with two amendments to the Constitution. This is the plan of Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. Critics call the envisaged capabilities “hackbacks”. “We fundamentally reject hackbacks as a means of cyber defence,”… Further reading