2024-12-27 –, Saal ZIGZAG
Language: English
On 23 October 2019 peaceful activist Frank van der Linde found out the Dutch Police was associating him with terrorism to other countries' law enforcement.
This talk goes over the bizarre, worrying and, frankly, quite funny journey that Frank van der Linde has embarked on, hoping on a litigation frenzy to seek justice and fight back against the institutional intimidation of activists.
In 2014 the Dutch police started monitoring Frank van der Linde after he demonstrated and publicly opposed racism, climate change, animal cruelty, homelessness, and other social injustices. By 2019 the Dutch law enforcement had put him on a terror list and shared his personal data with the German Federal Criminal Police Office, Europol and Interpol. Frank challenged the police for sharing his data and categorising him as "terrorist", they responded "The term ‘terrorism’ is a broad term, and they don't really mean it." The Police maintained the categorisation.
Last year, a Dutch police officer blew the whistle and spoke out in favor of Frank during a hearing in court. He told the court that the police file about Frank contained grossly mischaracterised and biased information.
Overall is seems that wherever van der Linde data is processed, data gets lost and accountability processes cave in. To quote Frank, “What do they have to hide?!”
Speakers:
Frank van der Linde
Lori Roussey, Director of Data Rights, who participates in supporting Frank's courageous journey
Lori Roussey is a data protection law and policy specialist. She focuses on public private partnerships litigation as well as new technologies regulation. Lori has experience as the Data Protection Officer of a major humanitarian organisation and is now the Founder and Director of Data Rights, a litigation and advocacy non-profit focused on surveillance, sustainability, and interoperability.
Strategic Advisor and Legal Consultant
Supporting activists to prevent them from being criminalized by the Dutch and European government.
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