Police routinely invoke anti-terror legislation to prevent photographers from carrying out their work, and photojournalists are constantly filmed at public gatherings and their details kept on an ever-growing database. Tourists, particularly foreign tourists, are also targeted by police, as was the case with an Austrian father and son recently who made the mistake of photographing a building of an extremely sensitive nature—Walthamstow bus station.
Put simply, Britain has become a no-photo zone, and so if you fail to comply, you may find yourself liable to attack, arrest or harassment. Recognising that Britain is not the only country where such a draconian anti-photographer culture is developing, the British Journal of Photography is beginning an international visual campaign to raise awareness.

'Not A Crime'  http://www.not-a-crime.com

The fight-back begins here - BJP 15 July  http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=865556

I ask you tp please add your own support, It's kinda urgent.

Not A Crime - BJP Campaign
 http://www.not-a-crime.com

The fight-back begins here - BJP 15 July
 http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=865556

New police guide 'is flawed' - BJP 15 July
 http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=865557

Metropolitan Police - Photography advice
 http://www.met.police.uk/about/photography.htm

Police given a dressing down - BJP 8 July
 http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=864860

Metropolitan Police photography advice 'selective', says media law solicitor - BJP 10 July
 http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=865254

the mets unlawful & misleading new photo-laws
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/07/434417.html

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ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email:  tash@indymedia.org
Member of the National Union of Journalists [No: 014345]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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