Alastair Jamieson
London Telegraph
Sunday, Dec 27th, 2009
More than 350 photographers have issued a joint plea to
end the “hostile” and “humiliating” use of
anti-terror laws to prevent them taking pictures in public.
The professional and amateur photographers have signed
a letter, published in The Sunday Telegraph, calling on ministers and
the police halt the practice of them being stopped and searched while
they are taking images in public places.
Their plea comes despite a warning from senior police to junior
officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) not to misuse
the controversial legislation.
The letter, whose signatories include Rosemary Wilman,
the president of the Royal Photographic Society, and the photographer
and historian Professor John Hannavy, says:
“Rather than treat photographers as terrorists, the Government
should amend the Anti-Terrorism Act to prevent its misuse and explain
to police forces that a hostile attitude towards photographers is
unwelcome.”
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