Tomorrow the Metropolitan police force’s media liaison officer will be Commander Bob Broadhurst. In this video, shot on 18 May 2009 at the NUJ Photographer’s Conference, he upsets a few journalists by questioning the legitimacy of those holding the UK press card.
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Wednesday 27 October 2010: Representatives of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) joined Lib-Dem MP Don Foster and various lawyers to discuss: “Who’s Afraid of Photographers?”.
The NUJ commissioned a series of films from the seminar and they can been seen here and on the NUJ website.
Professor Chris Frost
Anna Mazzola – Hickman And Rose Solicitors
LPB Chair Jess Hurd
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Chez Cotton – Bindmans Solicitors
Photographer David Hoffman
NUJ Freelance Organiser John Toner
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Video Documenting December 2008 Greek Embassy Incidents
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.
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.
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On Thursday 26 February, following the highly successful media event, NUJ members organised an ‘I’m A Photographer, Not A Terrorist – Know Your Rights’ meeting.
The meeting was hosted by Photo-Forum and was chaired by Jess Hurd. The evening was introduced by photographer Peter Macdiarmid, with solicitor Anna Mazzola (Hickman and Rose Solicitors) and photographer Andrew Wiard.
Photograph courtesy of David Hoffman
The first film, Know Your Rights, on terrorism legislation features Anna Mazzola and Peter Macdiarmid.
Photograph courtesy of Marc ValleeThe second film, The UK Press Card: Past, Present and Future, features Andrew Wiard, freelance photographer, who speaks about the history and the future of the press card.
Photo-Forum is organised by NUJ photographers as a place for working photographers across the spectrum to bring images, ideas, photo stories, approaches and work in progress for supportive debate and criticism. It runs monthly on the second Thursday of the month in Central London.
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Monday 16 February 2009: Hundreds of photographers and journalists gathered outside New Scotland Yard in London in a media event to draw attention to the introduction of the new 2008 Counter Terrorism Act, specifically Section 76 that makes it a criminal offence to release information on armed service personnel and the police.Concerns by journalists and amateur photographers are the use of existing terror laws, such as Section 44 stop-and-search, have been used to curb public photography and with the introduction of Section 76 things will only get worse, leading to further restrictions on the press covering political protest and public order incidents.So far the Home Office has given no assurances that this law will not be used against journalists.
The new law comes as public order Supt David Hartshorn declared 2009 to be the “summer of rage” and ex-MI5 head Stella Rimington calling the UK a “police state”.
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