Request for information: Macedonia government surveillance

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Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

I am submitting a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act for the following information:

1) All documentation and correspondence (including emails, meeting minutes, briefings and letters) concerning the Special Prosecutor's Office (SJO) in the Republic of Macedonia for the years 2015-2017 included;

2) All documentation and correspondence you have relating to the company 'Gamma International' and its product 'FinFisher' for the years 2007-2017 included. Please use the search terms: 'gamma international', 'finfisher', 'gamma group', 'gamma'.

3) All documentation and correspondence relating to the topic of government surveillance in Macedonia for the years 2007-2017 included.

Finally, if you believe other public authorities might have had contact with the Macedonian Special Prosecution (SJO), could you kindly include that in your response. Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Tena Prelec

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dear Tena Prelec,

Thank you for your FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It has been assigned a unique reference number (above) and has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.

We received your request on 27 June 2017 and will aim to respond within 20 working days, following date of receipt.

Yours sincerely

FOI and DPA Team
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Dear Ms Prelec,

 

Please find the attached concerning your FOI request.

 

Yours Sincerely

 

Western Balkans Department

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

thank you for your reply and your suggestions.

I would like to refine my request as follows:
- kindly cover only records of meetings between the FCO/British Embassy Skopje and the Special Prosecutor in 2015-2017.
- kindly refine the search only to “Gamma International” and "Gamma Group" (two separate searches) from 2010-2017.

Yours faithfully,

Tena Prelec

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dear Tena Prelec,

Thank you for your FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It has been assigned a unique reference number (above) and has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.

We received your request on 17 July 2017 and will aim to respond within 20 working days, following date of receipt.

Yours sincerely

FOI and DPA Team
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Dear Ms Prelec

 

Please find attached a reply from Western Balkans Department on FOI
0678-17.   

 

 

Kind regards

 

FOI and DPA Team

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

 

 

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Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

Thank you for your reply. I look forward to hearing back from you by 8 September.

Yours faithfully,

Tena Prelec

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Dear Ms Prelec

 

Please find attached a reply from Western Balkans Department on FOI
0678-17.   

 

 

Kind regards

 

FOI and DPA Team

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

 

 

 

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