Tag: Tunisia
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Shots fired at sea rescuers: EU supports competing militias in Libya
A German public prosecutor’s office is investigating the shooting of the ship “Alan Kurdi”. Its crew could be caught between the fronts of two coastguards equipped and trained by different EU missions. With the General Administration for Coastal Security (GACS)…
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Interpol investigates war crimes in Syria and Iraq
Many “foreign fighters” return to their home countries, 40 Germans and 130 French citizens alone are to be transferred from Kurdish prisons. The authorities are collecting “battlefield evidence” to bring them to court. Many “foreign fighters” in Syria or Iraq…
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European Union trains North African authorities to control the Internet
Under the neighbourhood policy the southern Mediterranean countries are supported with a police programme. Since 2004 measures in “cyberspace” are on the agenda. Once again, this is the surveillance of social networks, upload platforms and video telephony. The European Union…
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Germany assists Tunisia with electronic border surveillance system
The German Ministry of Defence is supporting Tunisia in the development of an electronic border surveillance system. An already-existing barrier is now being extended along the Libyan border to the border town of Borj AI Khadra in the Sahara. The…