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July 22nd, 2016 
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nsnbc : The Belgian federal government decided to grant police more authorities when monitoring returning Jihadis and other terror suspects, including covert surveillance. The proposal will have to be debated in parliament before it can be approved.
Courtesy Jan Janbon, Facebook
The federal government in Brussels agreed to enable police detectives to monitor Jihadis returning from Syria or other terror suspects. The government’s decision will have to be approved by parliament before it can come into effect.
The government’s proposed measures include the right to monitor these persons of interest before they have been officially charged.
The monitoring includes the use of covert surveillance techniques including hidden cameras during all interventions, and not only in terrorism-related cases.
Interior Minister Jan Jambon argued that it is “quite obvious that non-visible cameras can be a strong help in the fight against terrorism”.
Pertaining the use of bodycams, Jambon said that he considers this as “an extra protection for police officers, who often have to operate in dangerous circumstances. No information was provided on whether citizens also can claim access to recorded bodycam images after alleged police violence.
The federal government’s proposal comes in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris and multiple alleged failures in the cooperation between police and intelligence services.
Belgian police is already authorized to use covert surveillance, including the tapping of phones and the use of covert cameras. Such surveillance has, however, to be approved by a judge and has to be based on substantiated suspicions.
The exact wording of the proposed legislation is still unknown. While there is a general support for greater efficiency with regard to monitoring persons who return after fighting alongside Islamist insurgencies in Syria, the proposal also raises concerns.
The thus far published information is vague, and the lack of detailed information prompts some concerns. Rights advocates stress especially that lack of information about the exact definition of “other terrorists suspects”.
Another question of concern is whether or not police shall be authorized to use covert cameras and other surveillance, including surveillance in homes, without authorization from a judge and erode the rights and liberties of the population in general, and those of whomever police or a government may deem as dissenting in particular.
F/AK – nsnbc 22.07.2016
Source Article from http://nsnbc.me/2016/07/22/belgian-gov-grants-police-more-authorities-in-monitoring-returning-jihadis-terror-suspects/
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