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Police investigating press photographer incident
A spokeswoman for Hackney Police has confirmed to BJP that it is "currently looking into the circumstances" surrounding a freelance photographer who was prevented from taking pictures at the scene of a...
Street Rights 04 Aug 2010
Press photographer forced to delete images
A press photographer, Carmen Valino, was forced to delete images of a crime scene after a police sergeant argued that she was disrupting an investigation despite being behind a police cordon
Street Rights 03 Aug 2010
Police briefings on photography rights not systematic
Police forces across the UK rely mainly on email to brief their officers on photography rights in public places, according to a series of Freedom of Information requests BJP filed last year
Street Rights 28 Jul 2010
Met Commissioner: "I cannot guarantee photography guidelines will be rightly interpreted"
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has reaffirmed street photography rights at a Metropolitan Police Authority Committee meeting last week, but was unable to guarantee that all police...
Street Rights 27 Jul 2010
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
Section 44 remains in place say Met Police officers
In a statement to BJP following Jules Mattsson's stop and search on 06 July, the Metropolitan Police has reaffirmed that Section 44 of the Terrorism Act "remains legal and in place" at the moment
Street Rights 07 Jul 2010
Human Rights Watch calls for Section 44 repeal
Human Rights Watch, an independent NGO, has called on the new UK government to scrap Section 44 of the Terrorism Act, which, it says, has been abused by police officers, targeting in some instances photographers...
Street Rights 05 Jul 2010
Young photojournalist detained for army cadet pics
A photojournalist, Jules Mattsson, was detained under anti-terrorism laws after he took images of an Armed Forces Day parade in Romford's city centre
Street Rights 28 Jun 2010
Photographers win damages in Met Police legal case
Two photojournalists and videographers have received a public apology and £3500 in damages from the Metropolitan Police after they were forcibly prevented from reporting a protest in 2008
Street Rights 28 Jun 2010
Your street photography rights on a lens cloth
We don't always talk about what other photography magazines are doing, but we'll make an exception for Amateur Photographer's latest initiative in its ongoing campaign for photographers' rights
Street Rights 22 Jun 2010
Met Police clarifies public photography guidelines
More than nine months after first publishing "flawed" guidelines on photography and the use of anti-terrorism powers, the Metropolitan Police has clarified its policies adding, for the first time, that...
Street Rights 22 Apr 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
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
Met Police re-issues guidelines on use of anti-terrorism legislation on photographers [Update: full guidelines published]
Following three weeks of intense media coverage, the Metropolitan Police has re-issued to its staff members guidelines on the use of anti-terror legislation on photographers, highlighting the fact that...
Street Rights 14 Dec 2009
Photojournalist files complaint after Terrorism Act stop
Photojournalist Jess Hurd has filed a complaint with the Independent Police Complaints Commission after she was stopped, searched and detained last year while covering a wedding
Street Rights 13 Dec 2009
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