Filed under: Journalism, NUJ | Tags: Free Press, Media Freedom, National Union of Journalists, Photographers, Police, Political Repression, Press Freedom, State Repression
POLICE OFFICER covers my lens with his hand while his colleagues prevent TV crew from filming police assaults on striking Liverpool Dockers & Reclaim the Streets protesters in Trafalgar Square, London 1997. Published here by kind permission of David Hoffman. (c) David Hoffman, 1997.
As George Santayana said, “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. ” This 14 minute film from 1999 “Breaking News – how the police control the news agenda” is well worth taking a look in the context of relations between the police and press now.
“An award winning documentary investigating how Police are trying to control the news agenda. The arrests of journalists during a protest is seen by many as a step too far. Repeatedly the reporters are released without charge once their deadlines have passed. Undercurrents recorded incidents of reporters being arrested for merely filming, and even for forgetting the PIN on their Press Card.” – Undercurrents, 1999.
Filed under: Journalism, NUJ, Political Protest Project | Tags: Camp for Climate Action, Forward Intelligence Team, Free Press, Jeremy Dear, Media Freedom, Media Restriction, Police Surveillance, Police Violence, Press Freedom, Press Gazette, State, State Repression, Surveillance
Tearsheet : Front page of the Press Gazette, 15.08.08. Published here by kind permission of the Press Gazette. (c) Press Gazette, 2008.
“Photographers at climate camp allege rough treatment at hands of police” – Press Gazette.
“NUJ slams Climate Camp policing” – nuj.org.uk.
“Kent Climate Camp: Police Interest Turns To Journalists” – jasonnparkinson.blogspot.com.
“Climate Camp: Journalists And Protestors Exactly The Same In “Police State” Kent” - jaonnparkinson.blogspot.com.
The treatment of journalists by police at the Camp for Climate Action in Kent a few weeks ago was at times heavy and over the top. After many years covering protests I got stopped and searched for the first time. Over the week I was stopped and searched three times as well as being pushed and shoved a few times. One stop and search outside the main gate of the camp took 40 minutes which cut in to the two hour media slot we had to cover the camp each day. And the second stop and search took about half an hour which delayed us filing images of a violent arrest by police early that day. You can view film footage of both of searches via the links above to Jaon N. Parkinson’s blog.
Sadly most of this was predictable but being followed by the police as a group of us (both freelancers and staffers) went off to file at a local McDonalds (free WIFI) a few miles down the road was something that was not predictable. Things got very surreal when officers started filming us through the window of the McDonalds. Six journalists all with laptops out working and filing images and being filmed by the police, the question is for what purpose? Let’s just say the legal folks are taking a look at this one.
NUJ General Secretary, Jeremy Dear, said: “The police must recognise that journalists have a job to do and allow them to go about their business. There are clear guidelines laying out how the police should deal with the media, and we expect these guidelines to be adhered to.”
NUJ Legal Officer Roy Mincoff added: “We are looking into various legal avenues to challenge this unwarranted conduct by the police. It is simply unacceptable for members of the press to be obstructed in their work in this way.”
KINGSNORTH, KENT, UNITED KINGDOM – 09.8.08. A police officer pushes back the media as officers attempt to arrest a male activist on a march from the Camp for Climate Action to Kingsnorth Power Station Hoo, Kent, England on Saturday 9th August 2008. 2,000 campaigners marched on the Power Station with the aim to shut it down. (Photo Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
Filed under: Political Protest Project | Tags: "Anti-Fascist", Anti-BNP, Anti-Racism, BNP, British National Party, Condor, Demonstrate, Demonstrating, Derbyshire, Love Music Hate Racism, Police, Political Protest Project, Protesters, Protesting, Riot Police, Unite
DERBYSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM – 16.08.08. Anti-fascist protesters attempt to break through a police cordon in the village of Codnor, Derbyshire, England on Saturday 16th August 2008. Protesters had congregated to protest against a festival organized by the far right British National Party on a farm outside of the village of Condnor. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
“BNP protests lead to 33 arrests” BBC News
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Images: “Anti-BNP Protest – (16.08.08).”
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Filed under: News, Political Protest Project | Tags: "Right-wing Islamists", Al Muhajiroun, Conference, England, Extremism, Extremists, Islamic Fundamentalism, Islamic Law, Islamist Group, Islamists, Khilafah, Khilafah for Britain, london, Political Extremism, Right-wing, Right-wing Extremist, Sharia Law, Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 15.08.08. A conference held under the slogan ‘Khilafah for Britain’ is addressed by Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed the former leader of Al Muhajiroun from Lebanon via an internet link in London, England on Friday 15th August 2008. The right-wing Islamists group “Islam For The UK” who organized the conference campaigns to bring Islamic law to Britain. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
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Filed under: Political Protest Project | Tags: Baton, Camp for Climate Action, Climate, Climate Camp, Climate Change, Coal-fired, E.ON, England, Environment, Environmental, Global Warming, Hoo, Horse, Kent, Kingsnorth Power Station, Law, Mounted, Mounted Police Officer, Police, Police Officer, Political Protest Project, Protesters, Riot Police
KINGSNORTH, KENT, UNITED KINGDOM – 09.8.08. Two mounted police officers raise their batons amongst protesters as police move in to arrest a man as environmental activists march on Kingsnorth Power Station Hoo, Kent, England on Saturday 9th August 2008. 2,000 campaigners marched on the Power Station with the aim to shut it down for the day. (Photo Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
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HOO, KENT, UNITED KINGDOM – 09.8.08. A young male protesters marches from the Camp for Climate Action camp site to Kingsnorth power station Hoo, Kent, England on Saturday 9th August 2008. The 2008 Camp for Climate Action is being held near Kingsnorth Power Station in Kent. 2,000 campaigners marched on the Power Station with the aim to shut it down. (Photo Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
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Filed under: Journalism, Political Protest Project | Tags: Camp for Climate Action, Climate, Climate Camp, Climate Change, Coal-fired, E.ON, Environment, Global Warming, Hoo, Kent, Kingsnorth Power Station, Law, Media Freedom, Police, Police Surveillance, Political Repression, Press, Press Freedom, State, State Repression, Surveillance, Surveillance Team, West Yorkshire Police
KINGSNORTH, KENT, UNITED KINGDOM - 08.8.08. Police stop and search an ITV (Meridian) Broadcast Crew outside the main gate of the Camp for Climate Action Hoo, Kent, England on Friday 8th August 2008. The broadcasters had just left the climate camp when member of west Yorkshire police stopped and searched them under Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. (Photo Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
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KINGSNORTH, KENT, UNITED KINGDOM – 08.8.08. A women is forcefully arrested by police outside the main gate at the Camp for Climate Action Hoo, Kent, England on Friday 8th August 2008. The 2008 Camp for Climate Action is being held near Kingsnorth Power Station in Kent. The week long camp is hosting hundreds of workshops on sustainable living and the politics of climate change. At least 2,000 campaigners are expected to take part in mass action to shut down the Kingsnorth power station. (Photo Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
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KINGSNORTH, KENT, UNITED KINGDOM – 08.8.08. A young man on lookout duty on top of a red van at the Camp for Climate Action Hoo, Kent, England on Friday 8th August 2008. The young man had been on look out duty all night and into the next day at the back gate/barricade at the camp where riot police had previously tried to enter the camp with force. The week long camp is hosting hundreds of workshops on sustainable living and the politics of climate change. At least 2,000 campaigners are expected to take part in mass action to shut down the Kingsnorth power station. (Photo Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
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HOO, KENT, UNITED KINGDOM – 07.8.08. A young at the Camp for Climate Action Hoo, Kent, England on Thursday 7th August 2008. The 2008 Camp for Climate Action is being held near Kingsnorth Power Station in Kent. The week long camp is hosting hundreds of workshops on sustainable living and the politics of climate change. At least 2,000 campaigners are expected to take part in mass action to shut down the Kingsnorth power station. (Photo Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
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