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>Police Apologise For Greek Embassy Incident

Posted June 30, 2010 by jasonnparkinson

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Video Documenting December 2008 Greek Embassy Incidents

Friday 25 June 2010: After an eighteen-month legal battle the Metropolitan Police Service finally admitted breaching article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights over the multiple incidents that occurred on 8 December 2008 outside the London Greek Embassy.

Comment from one television news editor today said hopefully this apology “will start to turn the tide when it comes to police assumptions of powers over press and photographers.”

But considering another serious incident has happened less than 24-hours following the release of the Met Police apology it leaves doubt in one’s mind whether anything has really changed.

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Press Freedom: Hostile Reconnaissance

Posted April 20, 2010 by jasonnparkinson

Press Freedom: Hostile Reconnaissance highlights the continuing police surveillance of journalists documenting political dissent in the UK and follows the rise of the I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist! campaign.

The film follows on from the 2008 film Press Freedom: Collateral Damage that exposed the extent of police surveillance on street journalists. The film includes interviews with photojournalist Jess Hurd, NUJ General Secretary Jeremy Dear and Hickman and Rose partner Anna Mazzola. They are a few among many who continue to campaign to expose and fight the increasing erosion of civil liberties and press freedom in the UK.

>Police and Kurds Clash During London Iraq Election

Posted March 9, 2010 by jasonnparkinson

Video Rush: Police and Kurds Clash during London Iraq Election

Saturday 6 March 2010: As bombs in Baghdad marred the Iraqi elections and scores more lives were torn apart, trouble also flared outside the Iraqi polling stations in Brent, North West London.

Some Iraqi-Kurds were complaining they were not being allowed to vote, despite holding all the correct documents. Police officers backed up by the TSG riot squad attempted to put them into a protest-style pen. This only agitated the crowd further and they blocked the street in a sit-down protest, shouting “let us vote”.

The TSG officers moved in to clear the street, arrested one man and attempted to move him in a police truck. Protestors then tried to halt the truck, scuffles broke out as officers used force to remove them and bottles and rocks were thrown. Then the shields and batons came out.

In all 13 people were arrested that day, four for violent disorder. The footage is available from Associated Press Television News.

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Police Surveillance of Journalists at Anti-BNP Protest

Posted August 15, 2009 by jasonnparkinson

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Police Surveillance Drone Monitors Protest

Posted August 15, 2009 by jasonnparkinson

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>Film: United Campaign Against Police Violence

Posted June 18, 2009 by jasonnparkinson

Film: United Campaign Against Police Violence

Saturday 23 May 2009: The United Campaign Against Police Violence marched from Trafalgar Square to New Scotland Yard (NSY). The campaign, initiated after the scenes around London’s financial district during the G20 protests and the death of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson, who was struck down by a Met TSG riot officer.

The protest surrounded London’s central police station, read out the names of those who died in police custody and released black balloons to comemorate the dead. The family of Sean Rigg attended and spoke at the rally outside NSY.

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>Police Forcibly Detain Press Photographer

Posted May 20, 2009 by jasonnparkinson

Video Rush: Police Forcibly Detain Press Photographer

Monday 18 May 2009 – 8.20pm: While covering the London Tamil protest an NUJ press photographer was violently grabbed by TSG police officers and detained. Although he asked why he was “being arrested” he received no answer.

He was detained in a police van, questioned by police and name-checked on the Police National Computer system. Other NUJ photographers and journalists negotigated his release. NUJ General Secretary spoke to an inspector at the scene via cell phone and also demanded the release of Tallis.

Marc Vallée Photos

Jonathan Warren Photos

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Met Commander Broadhurst Denies Journalist Surveillance

Posted May 18, 2009 by jasonnparkinson

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Under Fire In Strasbourg

Posted April 7, 2009 by jasonnparkinson

Saturday 4 April 2009: Strasbourg, France, was the scene of the 2009 NATO Summit.

Teaser Film: Under Fire In Strasbourg

This short two-minute film I put together this afternoon to give a hint of the material gathered this year, especially over the last week, with the G20 protests in London that left one man dead and the anti-NATO protests in Strasbourg. Also it heralds the being work for one of my old time favourite bands Senser.

The film is also there to depict what photojournalists and and other camera operators go through to get the footage and stills out, which is not easy when you’re pinned down between the CRS riot squad and Black Bloc, and have tear gas and rubber bullets coming in from the right and rocks, fireworks and molotovs coming in from the left.

There will be more on the Strasbourg protests and the London G20 riots coming out over the next few weeks.

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