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Home Office reviews photography rights in anti-terror law rewrite
The Home Secretary has announced that she has launched a review of the use of terrorism legislation in relation to photography, making it a priority in the government's attempt to "restore the balance...
Street Rights 14 Jul 2010
Home Office hands victory to photographers, restricts use of Section 44
In a speech to the House of Commons, the Home Secretary Theresa May has put an end to one of Britain's most controversial piece of legislation, which has been increasingly used by police officers to restrict...
Street Rights 08 Jul 2010
Home Office reviewing European Court appeal rejection over Section 44
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected an appeal from the Home Office on a January ruling that had found to be illegal the stop-and-search powers granted by the Terrorism Act 2000
Street Rights 01 Jul 2010
Home Office admits to illegal use of Section 44 powers
The Home Office has launched an internal review of its practices after it was forced to admit that thousands of anti-terror searches, some of which have targeted photographers, were illegal
Street Rights 10 Jun 2010
New UK government to reform terror laws
The Queen has announced today that her government, led by Prime Minister and Conservative leader David Cameron and Liberal Democrats' Nick Clegg, will reform counter-terrorism laws in a move that could...
Street Rights 25 May 2010
Section 44: Home Office reaffirms decision to appeal European Court ruling
The Home Office has less than one month left to file an appeal against an European Court of Human Rights' ruling that found Section 44 to be illegal
Street Rights 15 Mar 2010
Terror watchdog calls for end to stop-and-search
Lord Carlile of Berriew, the UK's terror watchdog, has called for Section 44 of the Terrorism Act to be scrapped, weeks after the European Court of Human Rights found it illegal
Street Rights 04 Mar 2010
Photographers turn up en masse to protest Section 44
Between 1000 and 2000 photographers gathered in Trafalgar Square to defend their rights to take pictures in public places and protest the 'illegal' use of stop-and-search powers against them
Street Rights 27 Jan 2010
State rebuked over Section 44
Photographers have welcomed a European Court's ruling against the use of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act. However, the Home Office has vowed to appeal and will continue to use the powers to stop-and-search...
Street Rights 20 Jan 2010
European court finds Section 44 illegal
The European Court of Human Rights has found that the use of Section 44 to stop-and-search people is illegal and that the powers lack proper 'safeguards against abuse'
Street Rights 12 Jan 2010
Special report: FoI requests show extent of Section 44 use
Photographers in two-thirds of the country are subject to the rule of Section 44, despite Home Office instructions earlier in the year advising police forces against using the powers to prevent or curtail...
Street Rights 21 Dec 2009
Met Police chief says 'very, very good reason' needed to stop photographers
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has admitted that stop-and-search powers granted by the Terrorism Act have to be used with care, but added that 'some officers might get it wrong'...
Street Rights 16 Dec 2009
Police forced to reiterate photographers' right to work in public places
The Association of Chief Police Officers has issued a call to police forces re-affirming a photographer's right to take images in public places, following a week-long outcry after a journalist was stopped...
Street Rights 09 Dec 2009
Jail for photographing police?
The relationship between photographers and police could worsen next month when new laws are introduced that allow for the arrest - and imprisonment - of anyone who takes pictures of officers 'likely to...
Street Rights 28 Jan 2009
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