Statewatch: monitoring civil liberties in the EU

Statewatch: monitoring civil liberties in the EU (and around the world for that matter, it is, after all, a "Small World" (tm))
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"