[Privsec] Global coalition launch report and international surveillance campaign

[Ralf Bendrath]

Very good developments on the civil liberties front. Congratulations to 
our colleagues from Statewatch, ACLU and the other organizations for 
launching this campaign.

Ralf


http://www.statewatch.org/

Global coalition launch report and international surveillance campaign

20 April, 2005:  Global coalition launch report and international
surveillance campaign: London - Statewatch, with partner organisations the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Focus on the Global South, Friends
Committee (US) and the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
(Canada) today publishes an in-depth report on "The emergence of a global
infrastructure for registration and surveillance". With the support of
around 100 civil liberties groups and NGOs from across the world, the
report is backed by the launch of the International Campaign Against Mass
Surveillance (ICAMS), calling on all national governments and
intergovernmental organisations to turn away from anti-terrorism efforts
that are oriented around mass surveillance:

1. Press release (pdf)
2. Executive Summary (English, pdf) French (link)
3. Full report (pdf)
4. Declaration (English, pdf) French (link) Spanish (link) Dutch (link)
5. List supporting organisations
6. Endorse the Declaration - sign-up (link)

Tony Bunyan, Director of Statewatch, said: "We are very pleased to be
joining with so many civil liberties groups from around the world to
oppose the introduction of mass surveillance on a global basis. There is a
real danger that in trying to watch everyone you are actually watching no-one"