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This month, which marks the eighth anniversary of the death of Jimmy Mubenga, the Stansted 15 face trial for taking a stand against brutal treatment on deportation flights. Meanwhile, Transparency International and Global Witness have published a report which highlights the sale of 'golden visas' to foreign plutocrats without adequate background checks. In October 2010, father-of-five Jimmy…

JCB equipment in use by the Israeli army during the demolition of the Palestinian Bedouin village Abu Nuwar, a neighbouring village to Khan al-Ahmar, July 2018. Photo credit Corporate Occpation. This month, the village of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank is due to be demolished by Israeli forces, in an action classed as a war crime under the statute of the International Criminal Court.…

GreenNet is moving... On Thursday 2nd August, GreenNet will move from Development House in Shoreditch, our London home since 2005, to new premises in Bethnal Green, a short bus or bike ride away. The Green House is another superb renovation project by the innovative Ethical Property Company, using an eco-friendly engineered timber construction that significantly reduces the carbon footprint…

Are you feeling uptight about GDPR*? Don't worry! Everyone is rushing about busily and trying to understand their responsibilities at the moment. The new law aims to give more power to the data subject - that's you and I. How it will play out is what everyone is waiting to see... if your data protection practices were good before GDPR, then you probably have everything required in the new rules…

Support @privacyint fight against government hacking Our friends at Privacy International are asking for support for the latest chapter in our legal challenge on the government’s use of ‘general warrants’ to hack computers, phones and networks at a potentially vast scale. The UK courts could impose costs of up to £25,000 on PI for their legal challenge so they are crowdfunding to make sure…

GreenNet aims to deliver our services impartially, but we strongly disapprove of using .io domain. Why? Because of the Chagossians, if you didnt know the story then you should. UK threw them off their Indian Ocean archipelago almost 50 years ago, and has rented it to the US for the notorious Diego Garcia air base cum military-industrial holiday camp cum black site, effectively off limits to…

GreenNet endorses the Statement In Opposition To Privatization of Internet and Capture Of internet.org by Facebook/Zuckerberg The internet is a vital and historic force for communication globally. The need to protect democratic rights on the internet is a fundamental issue for people and labor throughout the world. The establishment of the .org designation was to set aside a domain for non-…

The GreenNet collective celebrated our 30th Anniversary on 4th November 2016 with a jolly get-together that gathered the entire collective from around Europe along with former members, friends and family. GN staples were on hand: cake, various cheeses, hummus  and Alpha Blondy. It turned out that it was 30 years to the day since GreenNet's registration at Companies House in 1986. We were…

"Privacy International, together with five internet and communications providers from around the world, have lodged an application before the European Court of Human Rights to challenge the British Government's use of bulk hacking abroad. Until we brought our original case at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) in 2014, the Government had never admitted that it engaged in hacking. Now we are…

Oaxaca, police shot and killed eight people in Nochixtlán, including a professor of indigenous studies and a teacher’s son, and wounded 45 others by gunfire. Twenty-two people have “disappeared” after the attack. By APC (APCNews) June 2016 On Sunday 19 June 2016, Mexican police forces opened fire against teachers and civil society organisations that were protesting against educational reforms in…