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Stop-and-search powers make a comeback [update]
The Home Office has brought back controversial stop-and-search powers by issuing a remedial order that has gone into effect on 18 March
Street Rights 18 Mar 2011
Section 44: A wasted opportunity
A year after the European Court of Human Rights found Britain's stop-and-search powers to be illegal, and six months after the Home Office ordered a review of the controversial anti-terrorism laws, the...
Street Rights 28 Jan 2011
Government to replace Section 44 with more limited powers [update 4]
Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that she will ask the government to replace the controversial Section 44 stop-and-search powers with more limited rules "to prevent the misuse of these powers against...
Street Rights 26 Jan 2011
Counter-Terrorism review pushed back to 2011 [update]
The results of a six-month-long review of counter-terrorism powers, which have been used, in the past, to prevent photography is some public places, have been delayed until 2011, BJP can confirm
Street Rights 14 Dec 2010
Home Office reaffirms street photography rights
The Home Secretary has gone on the record as saying that the Government has no plans to introduce any requirement for photographers to carry identification, as the Home Office continues its review of anti-terrorism...
Street Rights 01 Nov 2010
Stop me if you've heard this one before...
Police v Photographers: Officers to be re-issued guidelines that have apparently been ignored, less than nine months after the last time they were sent out.
Street Rights 17 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
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
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
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
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
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