IRR: New study highlights discrimination in use of anti-terror laws: "The Institute of Race Relations publishes today a catalogue that details how hundreds of Muslims have been arrested under terrorism powers before being released without charge; how the special powers granted by parliament to tackle terrorism are being deployed in other spheres, such as in routine criminal investigations or in the policing of immigration; how the media have become 'embedded' in a process that leads to the stigmatisation of Muslims as terrorists."
Study: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/terror_arrests_study.pdf
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Wednesday, September 08, 2004
GAO: FBI's antiterrorism focus not harming traditional work / www.GovExec, 1Sep 2004
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0904/090104a1.htm
Amelia Gruber
"The FBI's post-Sept. 11 focus on combating terrorism has not necessarily detracted from the federal government's efforts to investigate drug-related, white-collar and violent crimes, according to a new Government Accountability Office study."
GAO Report http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d041036.pdf
Amelia Gruber
"The FBI's post-Sept. 11 focus on combating terrorism has not necessarily detracted from the federal government's efforts to investigate drug-related, white-collar and violent crimes, according to a new Government Accountability Office study."
GAO Report http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d041036.pdf
Agencies urged to develop teleworker corps for emergency situations / [USA] GoveExec, Sep 2004
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0904/090104dp1.htm
Daniel Pulliam
"The Office of Personnel Management recently released updated emergency guides, emphasizing the need for agencies to have plans for employees to work from home during emergencies. OPM also released guides for the families of federal employees and managers.
The udpated emergency preparedness guides from OPM stress the need for agencies to have plans that allow "the business of government to continue during emergency situations." The guides stress that telework is an effective method that would allow employees not selected to go to the Designated Continuity of Operations facilities during an emergency to continue their work.
Agencies are supposed to develop a cadre of teleworkers who will learn to work off-site electronically and supervisors who can manage employees remotely. Eliminating paper and automating reports whenever possible will help employees to experience functioning in a virtual office. "
Full story:
Daniel Pulliam
"The Office of Personnel Management recently released updated emergency guides, emphasizing the need for agencies to have plans for employees to work from home during emergencies. OPM also released guides for the families of federal employees and managers.
The udpated emergency preparedness guides from OPM stress the need for agencies to have plans that allow "the business of government to continue during emergency situations." The guides stress that telework is an effective method that would allow employees not selected to go to the Designated Continuity of Operations facilities during an emergency to continue their work.
Agencies are supposed to develop a cadre of teleworkers who will learn to work off-site electronically and supervisors who can manage employees remotely. Eliminating paper and automating reports whenever possible will help employees to experience functioning in a virtual office. "
Full story:
Asylum seekers: let them stay / Expatica Netherlands, 8 Sep 2004
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=4422&name=Asylum+seekers%3A+let+them+stay
"Dutch Immigration and Integration Minister Rita Verdonk plans to unceremoniously uproot 26,000 people from the lives they have built for themselves in communities all over the Netherlands and fly them back to their countries of origin in the next few years.
According to the latest opinion poll (6 February) by pollster Maurice de Hond, 55 percent of the Dutch public support her. This is down 10 percent from a week earlier.
Nevertheless, a majority seem to agree that it is right to lead a crusade to rid the Netherlands of as many unprocessed asylum seekers as possible."
"Dutch Immigration and Integration Minister Rita Verdonk plans to unceremoniously uproot 26,000 people from the lives they have built for themselves in communities all over the Netherlands and fly them back to their countries of origin in the next few years.
According to the latest opinion poll (6 February) by pollster Maurice de Hond, 55 percent of the Dutch public support her. This is down 10 percent from a week earlier.
Nevertheless, a majority seem to agree that it is right to lead a crusade to rid the Netherlands of as many unprocessed asylum seekers as possible."
Cities reject plans to tighten asylum laws / [Switzerland] Swiss info, 7 Sep 2004
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=111&sid=5198277
"Representatives of Swiss towns and cities have criticised moves at a federal level to tighten the country's asylum laws.
At a conference on Tuesday, they argued that politicians should be focusing on helping asylum seekers to integrate into society."
"Representatives of Swiss towns and cities have criticised moves at a federal level to tighten the country's asylum laws.
At a conference on Tuesday, they argued that politicians should be focusing on helping asylum seekers to integrate into society."
Cutting Crime and Making Communities Safer - Home Secretary Launches Prolific and Priority Offender Scheme in Leeds
Sciotsman, 8 Sep 2004
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3463552
"The 5,000 most prolific, anti-social and disruptive offenders in the country will be targeted by their local police and criminal justice agencies from today, Home Secretary David Blunkett said, as he visited Leeds and Bradford. The scheme will cut crime and make communities safer.
As it goes live in every part of England and Wales, law enforcement agencies will go on the offensive to target the small core of prolific offenders which are responsible for the most crime. The initiative is a key plank of the Home Office�s five-year strategic plan to build safer, more confident communities."
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3463552
"The 5,000 most prolific, anti-social and disruptive offenders in the country will be targeted by their local police and criminal justice agencies from today, Home Secretary David Blunkett said, as he visited Leeds and Bradford. The scheme will cut crime and make communities safer.
As it goes live in every part of England and Wales, law enforcement agencies will go on the offensive to target the small core of prolific offenders which are responsible for the most crime. The initiative is a key plank of the Home Office�s five-year strategic plan to build safer, more confident communities."
Sex trafficking in Belgium / Expatica Belgium, 8 Sep 2004
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=253&name=Sex+trafficking+in+Belgium
Jean O'Connor
"The trafficking of adults and minors for sexual exploitation has been of growing concern to Belgium for the past decade and has become a priority for the police and the judiciary alike."
Jean O'Connor
"The trafficking of adults and minors for sexual exploitation has been of growing concern to Belgium for the past decade and has become a priority for the police and the judiciary alike."
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