Fair Trials is the global criminal justice watchdog, campaigning for fairness, equality and justice

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We campaign in Europe, Latin America, the UK and US on issues that threaten the right to a fair trial or reinforce discrimination and inequality in criminal justice.
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Fair Trials Europe raises concerns on the Roadmap for effective and lawful access to data for law enforcement

The European Commission recently presented a Roadmap for effective and lawful access to data for law enforcement which would pave the way for EU law enforcement authorities to gain access to digital data. The roadmap focusses on six key areas: data retention, lawful interception, digital forensics, decryption, standardisation and AI solutions for law enforcement.

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When Courts Silence Critical Voices: The Story of Karim X

On February 9, 1965, just 12 days before he was assassinated, Malcolm X was stopped at Orly airport in Paris and deported from France. Malcolm was supposed to deliver a speech in Paris that, according to the French government, would disturb the public order. Not in a lifetime would I have imagined that, 58 years later, I would also be stopped at the same Paris airport for similar reasons and deported to my home country, Belgium.

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