Tag: Drones
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Fortress Europe: EU wants more border surveillance technology
Activists warn of increase in illegal deportations and police violence The EU Commission still maintains that it does not want to finance fences at the Union’s external borders – at least not directly. However, the 12 member states that already…
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German federal state to train hundreds of police drone pilots
North Rhine-Westphalia is a nationwide pioneer in aerial surveillance The police in North Rhine-Westphalia want to qualify hundreds more officers as drone pilots. In January, the State Office for Training, Further Education and Personnel Affairs is advertising two more positions…
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German Armed Forces expand presence in Niger
After failure of EU missions in Mali, troops move to its neighbouring country The Bundeswehr will soon be sending more military to Niger. At least a double-digit number of soldiers will participate in the upcoming EU mission EUMPM Niger, the…
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EU aerial surveillance for Libya makes Tripoli coastguard doing the “dirty work”
The European border agency observes boats with refugees from the air and lets them be brought back to North Africa. A new report by human rights organisations criticises this as “Airborne Complicity”. The European Union has withdrawn ships from the…
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Missiles on Rojava again with technology from Germany
Supplies of components were intended for ambulances, company says For weeks, the Turkish military has been constantly bombing the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria in Rojava. Many of these attacks on towns and villages are carried out with…
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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…