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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
Rail staffers continue to use "anti-terrorism" powers they don't have
A blogger, who contacted BJP today, was detained last weekend by two Rail Enforcement Officers after taking photos, despite the fact that REO don't have the power to do so
Street Rights 26 Jul 2010
British Transport Police admit "unlawful" action against photographer
The British Transport Police has upheld a complaint from a National Union of Journalists' member, who was ordered to delete his photographs in a May 2009 incident
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
Suspected of being a terrorist, young photographer is detained, again
Jules Mattsson, the young photographer who was stopped earlier this month, has been stopped and searched today under suspicion of being a terrorist after he took pictures of cadets
Street Rights 06 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
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
US legal action seeks public photography rights
The New York Civil Liberties Union is suing the United States Department of Homeland Security in a bid to legalise photography in public places surrounding federal buildings such as courthouses
Street Rights 23 Apr 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
UK government appeals Section 44 European Court ruling
The UK government has appealed an European Court of Human Rights ruling that found, back in January, Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 unlawful, BJP can reveal.
Street Rights 13 Apr 2010
Photographers take to the streets to 'project' their grievances
Street photographers are set to stage an open-air exhibition in London to demonstrate against the increasing restrictions being placed on photographers, as well as new government controls from the controversial...
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