Luděk Stavinoha
@stavinoha.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Media and Global Development @ University of East Anglia Researching borders & camps | resistance & solidarity | transparency, #FOI & public spheres
Delighted to read in Europol's internal correspondence that a certain "researcher & journo" (👀) "appears" merely "to be dissatisfied"; that there is "no issue" in the way the agency handles FOI requests. Let's review the record of just one recent complaint, shall we?
Delighted to read in Europol's internal correspondence that a certain "researcher & journo" (👀) "appears" merely "to be dissatisfied"; that there is "no issue" in the way the agency handles FOI requests. Let's review the record of just one recent complaint, shall we?
"They started kicking everybody, including women & elderly people, to throw them inside the...boats, even a 2-month-old baby." A year after Frontex boss Hans Leijtens said abuses like these kept him "awake at night", plus ça change... For @lemonde.fr w/ @grillmeier.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2b4dpkh5
Frontex continuing mission in Greece despite serious violations of migrants' rights
How long will Frontex tolerate the growing violations of migrants' rights in Greece? A Le Monde investigation documents the many warnings issued by the Fundamental Rights Office of the European agency...
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"They started kicking everybody, including women & elderly people, to throw them inside the...boats, even a 2-month-old baby." A year after Frontex boss Hans Leijtens said abuses like these kept him "awake at night", plus ça change... For @lemonde.fr w/ @grillmeier.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2b4dpkh5
Frontex continuing mission in Greece despite serious violations of migrants' rights
How long will Frontex tolerate the growing violations of migrants' rights in Greece? A Le Monde investigation documents the many warnings issued by the Fundamental Rights Office of the European agency...
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Last year, Frontex director Hans Leijtens said he was getting "impatient" with Greece's human rights track record. W/ @grillmeier.bsky.social, we found that, since then, continuous reports of violent pushbacks have led to no meaningful action from the EU border agency. www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
Frontex continuing mission in Greece despite serious violations of migrants' rights
How long will Frontex tolerate the growing violations of migrants' rights in Greece? A Le Monde investigation documents the many warnings issued by the Fundamental Rights Office of the European agency...
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Our investigation shows that the numerous alerts issued by Frontex's internal rights watchdog (FRO) over the past year have not only gone largely unheeded - Frontex is planning to enlarge its mission for the years to come. With @stavinoha.bsky.social at @lemonde.fr
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Luděk Stavinoha@stavinoha.bsky.social · 3w agoLast year, Frontex director Hans Leijtens said he was getting "impatient" with Greece's human rights track record. W/ @grillmeier.bsky.social, we found that, since then, continuous reports of violent pushbacks have led to no meaningful action from the EU border agency. www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
Last year, Frontex director Hans Leijtens said he was getting "impatient" with Greece's human rights track record. W/ @grillmeier.bsky.social, we found that, since then, continuous reports of violent pushbacks have led to no meaningful action from the EU border agency. www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
Frontex continuing mission in Greece despite serious violations of migrants' rights
How long will Frontex tolerate the growing violations of migrants' rights in Greece? A Le Monde investigation documents the many warnings issued by the Fundamental Rights Office of the European agency...
lemonde.fr
More than three years after Hans Leijtens vowed to make Frontex more transparent - this is the state of play: its most senior decision-making body insulated from virtually any public scrutiny.
More than three years after Hans Leijtens vowed to make Frontex more transparent - this is the state of play: its most senior decision-making body insulated from virtually any public scrutiny.
Excessive delays, redactions, refusals - there are not many wins in the struggle to make Europol more transparent. But, after years of legalistic gaslighting, Europol now finally acknowledges that its interpretation of EU law was erroneous all along; and has vowed to amend its internal FOI rules.
The famous "Wedges" paper was used repeatedly to shut us up when we argued against the continued use of fossil fuels, and, esp, against carbon capture and storage and the mass use of bioenergy. "But these eminent scientists say ..." Now we learn BP co-authored it. www.propublica.org/article/wedg...
How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.
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BP not only funded the research behind the influential “Wedges” climate science paper, but company execs even tried to revise versions of it. “Chaps, I have had a go at rewriting the paper,” a BP climate adviser wrote the researchers at one point.
How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.
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Just when you think you've seen all the absurdities from Frontex's 'transparency' office...you learn that the EU border agency is fighting 'criminals' by redacting sub-heading (of the minutes of its Fundamental Rights Compliance Panel). Orwell wept, once again.
Just when you think you've seen all the absurdities from Frontex's 'transparency' office...you learn that the EU border agency is fighting 'criminals' by redacting sub-heading (of the minutes of its Fundamental Rights Compliance Panel). Orwell wept, once again.
For the first time, former high-ranking insiders have blown the whistle on Europol's 'shadow IT' system that, for years, operated w/ basic security and privacy safeguards required under EU law. Our investigation tells the story of how Europol appears to have gone rogue: correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
“They protect the law while breaking it”: Inside Europol’s Shadow IT System
Europol has created secret data analysis platforms that have put innocent citizens at risk – an issue that appears to remain unresolved today.
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Datenanalyse: „Europol hat über Jahre ein paralleles Datensystem betrieben, das jenseits rechtsstaatlicher Kontrolle arbeitet“, sagt Birgit Sippel. Doch kocht der „Pressure Cooker“ noch? netzpolitik.org/2026/correct...
Europol betreibt mutmaßlich illegale Datenanalyseplattformen
Die europäische Polizeibehörde Europol hat offenbar jahrelang eine Schatten-IT betrieben. Mitarbeitende sollen damit widerrechtlich große Mengen an personenbezogenen Daten durchsucht und ausgewertet h...
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A giant “shadow IT system” inside #Europol containing vast amounts of sensitive personal information, hidden from the EU’s EDPS www.computerweekly.com/news/3666425...
‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system | Computer Weekly
Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated…
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For the first time, former high-ranking insiders have blown the whistle on Europol's 'shadow IT' system that, for years, operated w/ basic security and privacy safeguards required under EU law. Our investigation tells the story of how Europol appears to have gone rogue: correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
“They protect the law while breaking it”: Inside Europol’s Shadow IT System
Europol has created secret data analysis platforms that have put innocent citizens at risk – an issue that appears to remain unresolved today.
correctiv.org
#Europol hat im Kampf gegen #Kriminalität offenbar selbst Grenzen überschritten: mit geheimen Datenanalyseplattformen, die Unschuldige in Gefahr brachten. Das zeigen interne Dokumente, die CORRECTIV, der griechischen Investigativredaktion Solomon und Computer Weekly vorliegen.
"Sie schützen das Gesetz – und brechen es": Europols Schatten-IT aufgedeckt
Europol hat geheime Analyseplattformen für große Mengen sensibler Daten betrieben. Teile dieser „Schatten-IT“ sind wohl bis heute in Gebrauch.
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🔥Alle reden über #Palantir, aber was passiert schon jetzt? #Europol hat bei Ermittlungen laut Insidern Grenzen überschritten: mit geheimen Datenanalyseplattformen, die Unschuldige in Gefahr brachten. Krasse Recherche von @fridathurm.bsky.social und Partner:innen. correctiv.org/datenschutz/...
"Sie schützen das Gesetz – und brechen es": Europols Schatten-IT aufgedeckt
Europol hat geheime Analyseplattformen für große Mengen sensibler Daten betrieben. Teile dieser „Schatten-IT“ sind wohl bis heute in Gebrauch.
correctiv.org
“Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated without key legal and technical safeguards.” www.computerweekly.com/news/3666425...
‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system | Computer Weekly
Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated ...
computerweekly.com
New - Europol: ‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system www.computerweekly.com/news/3666425... Investigation by @computerweekly.bsky.social @correctiv.org @wearesolomon.bsky.social
‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system | Computer Weekly
Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated ...
computerweekly.com
BREAKING! #Europol aurait utilisé bases de données secrètes pr analyser massivement données sensibles (téléphonie, ID, banque, géoloc) yc sur non-suspects. Sans garanties de sécurité ni de respect des droits fdtx. Je demande explications à Commission UE et Europol! correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
“They protect the law while breaking it”: Inside Europol’s Shadow IT System
Europol has created secret data analysis platforms that have put innocent citizens at risk – an issue that appears to remain unresolved today.
correctiv.org
Important story, based partly on a recent FOI doc I obtained from Frontex. Will the EU border agency finally draw some conclusions? bsky.app/profile/stav...
Vassilis Tsarnas@vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 4mo ago"Greek police using masked migrants to forcibly push other migrants back across border" #Greece #PushBacks #Rape #RefugeesGr by @kostaskallergis.bsky.social & Jessica Parker www.bbc.com/news/article...
If only Frontex officers were as keen to respond to people in distress when *on* duty, and to report human rights violations when they witness them, as obliged under the agency's code of conduct. balkaninsight.com/2024/09/06/e...
Frontex@frontex.bsky.social · 4mo ago🚌 Sometimes the right training is already on board. A crowded public bus in Brussels stopped abruptly. A passenger lost balance, hit her head against the driver’s glass partition and collapsed 🤕.
Before the “No Kings” protest in Rome, police checked the left-wing EU MEP Ilaria Salis in her hotel room in Rome and asked her questions. They allegedly refer to an order from Germany. That could happen under 3 possible jurisdictions - but all not lawful: digit.site36.net/2026/03/28/o...
Order from Germany? Police check left-wing EU MEP Ilaria Salis before protest in hotel | Matthias Monroy
Shortly before the large demonstration “No Kings” in Rome, officers checked the left-wing EU MEP Ilaria Salis in her hotel room in Rome and asked her questions. The police allegedly refer to an order…
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If only Frontex officers were as keen to respond to people in distress when *on* duty, and to report human rights violations when they witness them, as obliged under the agency's code of conduct. balkaninsight.com/2024/09/06/e...
Frontex@frontex.bsky.social · 4mo ago🚌 Sometimes the right training is already on board. A crowded public bus in Brussels stopped abruptly. A passenger lost balance, hit her head against the driver’s glass partition and collapsed 🤕.
Meanwhile, at least we now know the latest grotesque euphemism Frontex deploys for the murderous tactics - such as boat rammings - routinely used by border authorities to deter migrants at sea: 'dynamic engagement' Orwell wept.
From Parliament to prison? 😉 It is about time that Leggeri faces judicial proceedings for his potential complicity in illegal pushbacks, already concluded by OLAF and leading to his resignation as Frontex director at the time. tinyurl.com/2s4jywz4
French judge probes former EU border chief for complicity in crimes against humanity
Fabrice Leggeri, now a far-right member of the European Parliament, was accused of tolerating pushbacks of asylum seekers during a seven-year spell as Frontex chief that began in 2015.
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