Conference on Surveillance and Security in Europe this Saturday

Notice below of the London Federation of Green Parties/Green Islands Network Conference on Surveillance and Security in Europe this Saturday at Dragon Hall in London. Steven Agnew’s contribution on Northern Ireland has become even more significant in view of recent developments there.

Also further news on surveillance techniques used by UK police against journalists covering the Climate Camp and the role of the Met Police.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/10/climate-camp-surveillance



Green Islands Network and London Federation of Green Parties
Conference on Surveillance and Security in Europe
Saturday 14th March 1.30pm to 4.30pm at Dragon Hall, Stukeley Street, London WC1

1. Discussion of Surveillance in Europe with Tony Bunyan*, Jean Lambert MEP and Guy Herbert**

2. Break

3. The Security State – Northern Ireland Today with Steven Agnew*** and Jean Lambert MEP

The conference will be followed by a Social and Networking Event in the Ship Inn, Gate Street, Holborn (Complimentary food and drink) 5pm onwards.
http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub194.html

*Tony Bunyan

Tony Bunyan is an investigative journalist and writer specialising in justice and home affairs, civil liberties and freedom of information in the EU. He has been the Director of Statewatch since 1990 and edits Statewatch Bulletin and Statewatch News online. He is the author of The Political Police in Britain (1977) and Secrecy and Openness in the EU (1999). On behalf of Statewatch he has taken eight successful cases on access to documents to the European Ombudsman against the Council of the European Union (the 25 governments). In 2001 and 2004 the "European Voice" newspaper (owned by the Economist) selected him as one of the "EV50" - one of the fifty most influential people in the European Union.

** Guy Herbert
Guy Herbert is Director of NO2ID, the organisation campaigning against the introduction of ID cards in the UK.

*** Steven Agnew
Lead candidate for the Green Party for the European Parliament in Northern Ireland; Research Assistant to Brian Wilson (Northern Ireland Assembly Member) and Animal
Rights Spokesperson for the Green Party in Northern Ireland.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=stukeley+street+wc1&cr=countryUK%7CcountryGB&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=uk&ei=oE6oSdD-Fpm1jAfGzKX_Dw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title

With the support and assistance of the European Parliament