Filed under: Political Protest Project
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 28.09.07: Pro democracy protests outside the Burmese Embassy on September 28, 2007 in London, England. Buddhist monks and supporters congregated to protest the military dictatorship in Burma, and show support of the current mass demonstrations led by Buddhist monks in Burma. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2007.
I covered this protest yesterday of Buddhist monks and supporters at the Burmese Embassy here in London and I saw this young women (image above) holding a print of the japanese journalist Kenji Nagai who was killed this week in Burma (see post below). To view a few more images of the protest click on the link below.
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Filed under: Journalism
The Japanese Embassy in Burma has confirmed that journalist Kenji Nagai has been killed as he was working. The New York Times has an image with the caption:
“A wounded Japanese photographer, Kenji Nagai, lay before a Burmese soldier on Thursday in Yangon, Myanmar, as troops attacked protesters. Mr. Nagai later died.”
Also today’s front page of The Independent has the same image of Kenji Nagai with the headline:
“Shot dead trying to show the real picture of Burma”
Here are a few more links from last night:
“Japanese journalist killed in Burma” Press Gazette.
“Nine killed in Burmese crackdown” BBC News.
“Death toll mounts as Burmese forces shoot at protesters” The Guardian.
Filed under: Journalism
This weeks issue of The British Journal of Photography has an article (with image) on page five about my case against the Metropolitan Police Service. To find out where to buy your copy click here. To veiw the text of the article for free click here.
Filed under: Journalism | Tags: burma, Censorship, Free Press, IFJ, International Federation of Journalists, Jornalism
“Mass protests rock Burma” Irrawaddy.
“Burma riot police beat back monks” BBC News.
“Burmese police fire warning shots to disperse protesting monks” The Guardian.
“‘Police baton-charge’ Burmese monks” Sky News.
“Burmese junta warns monks of crackdown as protests widen” The New York Times.
“A tipping point for Burma?” Channel 4 News.
IFJ – press release (21.09.07) : The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is disturbed at the escalating clampdown on free media in Burma this year. According to local reports, the Burmese military junta has escalated its campaign of tapping landlines and cutting off the mobile phone lines of journalists, activists and politicians.
The main victims include foreign correspondents, local media and activists known for regular media appearances. IFJ Asia-pacific director Jacqueline Park said the junta’s crackdown appears to be an attempt to stifle the flow of information from within Burma to international media.
“It is cause for concern when any ruling party or government seeks to forcibly control or stop the flow of information within and out of its country,” Park said.
“By depriving the people of accurate information and freedom of expression, the military junta will only force them to look for other alternatives.”
The interference with phone lines since early September follows the banning of hundreds of websites and Blogs including CNN. Video-sharing site Youtube has been completely blocked since September 3. The internet censorship is believed to be an attempt to prevent the people of Burma from mobilizing for the unprecedented number of public protests the country has recently seen.
The IFJ urges immediate action to reverse the clampdown on freedom of expression in Burma.
“The junta cannot expect to be taken seriously by the international community when civil and human rights are denied so blithely,” Park said.
“The monitoring of phone lines must stop, and the people of Burma and the world must be free to express and access vital information as a matter of urgency.”
TEARSHEET : Front cover of the Press Gazette, 21.09.07. Published here by kind permission of the Press Gazette. (c) Press Gazette, 2007.
This weeks issue of the Press Gazette leads with an article on it’s front page (see above) about my case with an image of me on the ground in Parliament Square by Jess Hurd. It also has a image of mine of photographer being stopped and searched by police on a London street last week.
To find out where to buy your copy click here.
Filed under: Political Protest Project | Tags: Arms Trade, Dorchester Hotel, london, Park Lane, Political Protest Project
PRINT ABOVE : A journalist films events outside the Dorchester Hotel on Park Lane in London as a protest takes place on the opposite side of the road against the arms trade (13.09.07). (c) marc vallée, 2007.
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Filed under: Journalism | Tags: APEC, Journalism, Paula Bronstein, Sydney
“Call for inquiry into clash that felled photographer” – The Sydney Morning Herald.
Getty Images photographer Paula Bronstein was “sent crashing to the ground by police during APEC protests in Sydney at the weekend”. You can see some film footage of this via the link below and Paula Bronstein has said an inquiry into what happened is needed and this has been supported by Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance .
Film footage : Link (www.youtube.com).
Asia-pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) : www.apecsec.org.sg
Filed under: Political Protest Project | Tags: Bob Crow, Metronet, RMT, Strike, Tube
PRINT ABOVE : RMT lobby of the Department of Transport (04.09.07) (c) Marc Vallée, 2007.
“Tube network crippled by strike” – BBC News.
Today I covered an RMT lobby of the Department of Transport. Bob Crow, the RMT general secretary was present along with with striking Metronet maintenance workers and fellow RMT members and supporters who were calling for an end to “the part-privatisation of the Tube and for underground maintenance to be brought back in-house”.
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Filed under: Political Protest Project | Tags: Climate Camp, london, Political Protest Project
PRINT ABOVE : The former site of the camp for climate action (03.09.07). (c) Marc Vallée, 2007.
I went down to the site of the Camp for Climate Action today to see how things look two weeks on. The camp site is no longer a “home” for the protesters and the police and media have gone. I have to say it was nice to walk about and shoot what I wanted.
Index page : Camp for Climate Action 2007
