The measures include the expansion of surveillance laws in Belgium, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe that allow for wiretapping and other surveillance activities — often without judicial warrants.

“Taken alone these individual counterterrorism measures are worrying enough, but when seen together, a disturbing picture emerges in which unchecked powers are trampling freedoms that have long been taken for granted,” John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International’s Director for Europe, said in a statement.