Movimento contra a mania da Vigilância por parte de governos e empresas «Freedom not fear – Stop the surveillance mania!»

Um amplo movimento de activistas e organizações apelam a todos para aderirem ao protesto contra o excesso de vigilância por parte de governos e empresas.

No dia 11 de Outubro de 2008 cidadãos preocupados com estes temas manifestar-se-ão nas ruas sob o lema «Freedom not fear 2008»

Mais info aqui:

http://www.freedom-not-fear.eu

http://www.humanrights21.org/?p=26

International Action Day «Freedom not fear – Stop the surveillance mania!» on 11 October 2008 – CHALLENGE | Liberty & Security

Surveillance mania is spreading. Governments and businesses register, monitor and control our behaviour ever more thoroughly. No matter what we do, who we phone and talk to, where we go, whom we are friends with, what our interests are, which groups we participate in – «big brother» government and «little brothers» in business know it more and more thoroughly.

The resulting lack of privacy and confidentiality is putting at risk the freedom of confession, the freedom of speech as well as the work of doctors, helplines, lawyers and journalists.

The manifold agenda of security sector reform encompasses the convergence of police, intelligence agencies and the military, threatening to melt down the division and balance of powers.

International Action Day «Freedom not fear – Stop the surveillance mania!» on 11 October 2008 – CHALLENGE | Liberty & Security

We believe the respect for our privacy to be an important part of our human dignity. A free and open society cannot exist without unconditionally private spaces and communications.

The increasing electronic registration and surveillance of the entire population does not make us any safer from crime, costs millions of Euros and puts the privacy of innocent citizens at risk. Under the reign of fear and blind actionism, targeted and sustained security measures fall by the wayside, as well as tackling peoples’ actual daily problems such as unemployment and poverty.

International Action Day «Freedom not fear – Stop the surveillance mania!» on 11 October 2008 – CHALLENGE | Liberty & Security

You can find the latest information on the protest marches and the list of participating cities at our website: http://wiki.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/Freedom_Not_Fear_2008.

Our demands

1. Cutback on surveillance

- abolish the blanket logging of our communications and locations (data retention)
- abolish the blanket collection of our biometric data as well as RFID passports
- abolish the blanket collection of genetic data
- abolish permanent CCTV camera surveillance and automatic detection techniques
- scrap funding for the development of new surveillance techniques
- no blanket registration of all air travellers (PNR data)
- no information exchange with the US and other states lacking effective data protection
- no secret searches of private computer systems, neither online nor offline
- no blanket surveillance and filtering of internet communications (EU Telecoms-Package)

2. Evaluation of existing surveillance powers

We call for an independent review of all existing surveillance powers as to their effectiveness and harmful side-effects.

3. Moratorium for new surveillance powers

After the homeland armament of the past few years we demand an immediate hold to new homeland security laws that further restrict civil liberties.

4. Guaranteeing freedom of expression, dialogue and information on the Internet

- Ban the installation of filtering infrastructure on ISP networks.
- Only independent and impartial judges may request the removal of Internet content.
- Create a full right to quote multimedia, today indispensable to public debate in democracies.
- Protect common internet places of expression (participatory sites, forums, comments on blogs) today threatened by inadequate laws encouraging self-censorship (chilling effect)