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An article at @statewatch describes how the #UK #MinistryOfJustice, the #HomeOffice and and the Greater #Manchester Police as well as the Metropolitan Police of #London are feeding personal data into a “homicide prediction” system.

Sensitive personal health data on issues like mental health, addiction, self-harm, suicide, vulnerability, and disability are processed, too.

In the #UK, between 100,000 and 500,00 people are currently affected. As usual, such "initiatives" are targeting people with no lobby, first.

Whatever pool of sensitive data has been created in your country, you can be sure that your government will grab it, and ultimately also weaponize it against you, sooner or later.

statewatch.org/news/2025/april

www.statewatch.orgStatewatch | UK: Ministry of Justice secretly developing ‘murder prediction’ systemThe Ministry of Justice is developing a system that aims to ‘predict’ who will commit murder, as part of a “data science” project using sensitive personal data on hundreds of thousands of people.

It is not really progress, but the Home Office a notoriously cavalier and badly run organisation (remember Windrush amongst others) needs to be held to public account. There is nothing they would like more than absolute secrecy, a cowed press and a frightened and subdued opopulation.

theguardian.com/politics/2025/

Governments of all shades have encouraged them to act in this way since they were established.

The Guardian · UK Home Office loses attempt to keep legal battle with Apple secretBy Dan Milmo

“Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum.” And “British couple held by Taliban describe dire conditions in Kabul jail.” Whoever in the Home Office made this evil decision should be sent to Afghanistan for a year or two (without diplomatic protection). #Taliban #HomeOffice

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The eVisa scheme (UK) replaces physical documents with online proof of immigration status.

But technical and adminstrative problems mean that many people can't create or access the eVisa when they need it.

Thousands are currently having to rely on expired documents to prove their right to be in the UK.

This could easily be extended to all migrants that have the right to remain in the UK.

openrightsgroup.org/press-rele

Open Rights GroupHome Office announces further delays to the e-Visa schemeThe Home Office has again extended the deadline for implementing its eVisa scheme.

Another story of the compassion by-pass & lack of humanity at the Home Office.... a wrongly filled out form, which the Home Office did not advise the applicant of for six months renders a Polish grandmother with no legal status while living with her family (an now facing deportation).

And, guess what; no appeals when the form is filled out wrongly (in this case an online form when a paper form should have been submitted).

The Home Office are shameless

#HomeOffice

theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m

The Guardian · Polish woman, 80, faces deportation from UK after mistakenly filling in form onlineBy Diane Taylor

Der #Krieg in der #Ukraine kommt langsam wieder näher… gestern hat der Angriff auf #Dnipro nicht nur mindestens 4 Zivilisten getötet, viele verletzt, sondern für uns auch einen Ort mit vielen Erinnerungen zerstört. In einer Stadt, die bislang relativ wenig von Zerstörungen betroffen war. Der Hotel- und Restaurantkomplex #Bartolomeo direkt am Fluss #Dnipro gelegen, nur 5-10 Minuten Fußweg vom früheren Arbeitsplatz meiner Frau entfernt. Von hier aus habe ich damals öfters „#Homeoffice“ gemacht./2

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