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Activist demands compensation from Europol for illegal surveillance

c/europe · u/schizoidman@lemmy.zip · 48 points

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Imagine learning that the police have labeled you a terrorist because of your support for movements committed to anti-racism, the environment and a free Palestine.

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>This is what happened to Frank van der Linde in 2018 when he went to pick up his post. He had requested his police file, which showed that the Dutch police had added him to a terrorist watchlist to monitor his movement and his social media posts.

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u/Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 points

Or, in other countries, you disappear in a so-called Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RDSL), and not even your family would know where you are.

u/ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org · 12 points

Imagine learning that the police have labeled you a terrorist because of your support for movements committed to anti-racism

Imagine that in some countries, when that happens, you disappear in a concentration camp in El Salvador.

In Europe, you get to complain about it.