{"id":21455,"date":"2010-01-25T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/uncategorized\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm-21455"},"modified":"2014-11-03T17:00:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T17:00:19","slug":"photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographers&#8217; rights protest: Home Office statement (update 1.30pm)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/01\/grantsmithlow.jpg\" alt=\"Trafalgar Square protest\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>Picture credit: Grant Smith<\/p>\n<p><strong>Police will continue to stop and search photographers using their anti-terrorism powers despite Saturday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/In_pictures_Photographers_turn_out_in_force_to_fight_anti_terror_law_abuse_update_615pm_news_294157.html:\" title=\"Trafalgar Sqaure protest in pictures\">mass protest<\/a> by amateur and professionals in Trafalgar Square, the Home Office has said today.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Church_photographer_receives_complaint_response_from_City_police_news_294229.html\" title=\"Grant Smith complaint: Official Police response\">BREAKING NEWS 26 JAN: Grant Smith complaint: Official police response<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The situation is essentially unchanged since the European Court ruling on 12 January,&#8217; a Home Office spokesman told <em>Amateur Photographer<\/em> magazine this morning.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;Stop and Search under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 is an important tool in a package of measures in the ongoing fight against terrorism.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Repeating the government&#8217;s policy since it pledged to appeal against the European Court of Human Rights&#8217; recent decision that Section 44 is illegal, he added: &#8216;Pending the outcome of appeal, the police will continue to have these powers available to them.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/In_pictures_Photographers_turn_out_in_force_to_fight_anti_terror_law_abuse_update_615pm_news_294157.html:\" title=\"Trafalgar Sqaure protest in pictures\">On Saturday thousands<\/a> of amateur and professional photographers packed Trafalgar Square to demonstrate about widely documented heavy-handed treatment by police officers under anti-terrorism laws.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;mass photo gathering&#8217; &#8211; arranged by the campaign group &#8216;I&#8217;m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist&#8217; &#8211; attracted an estimated 2,000 participants and was hailed a massive success by organisers.<\/p>\n<p>The group was set up by professional photographers last year, in support of <a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Photographers_to_storm_Trafalgar_Square_in_protest_over_terror_laws_news_294116.html\" title=\"long-running campaigns\">long-running campaigns<\/a> run by other photographic bodies including <em>Amateur Photographer<\/em> magazine, the <em>British Journal of Photography<\/em> and the Bureau of Freelance Photographers.<\/p>\n<p>Among amateurs at the event was Andrew White who was stopped while taking photos of <a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/photographer_in_christmas_lights_terror_stop_update_1pm_news_292413.html\" title=\"Christmas lights\">Christmas lights<\/a> by two Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) in Sussex last year.<\/p>\n<p>He told us: &#8216;This [Section 44 police power] is the thin end of the wedge. I hope people will see that this [protest] is not just about a couple of photographers. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is about infringement of civil liberties. There are kids here and people of all ages with all types of camera. There are professional photographers but there are far more amateurs.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Trafalgar Square protest made headlines worldwide and was supported by <em>Amateur Photographer<\/em> and many of the magazine&#8217;s readers, some of whom ended up appearing on <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/4\/20100123\/video\/vuk-photographers-protest-in-trafalgar-s-49bfa63.html\" title=\"ITV News\">ITV News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The night before the protest the government had raised the UK&#8217;s terror threat level from substantial to &#8216;severe&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures below: Chris Cheesman<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/07\/dog_20and_20white.low_.jpg\" alt=\"Trafalgar Square\"><\/img><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/01\/line_20of_20photog.low_.jpg\" alt=\"Trafalgar Square\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>RELATED ARTICLES<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/In_pictures_Photographers_turn_out_in_force_to_fight_anti_terror_law_abuse_update_615pm_news_294157.html:\" title=\"Photographers' Trafalgar Sqaure protest in pictures\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/politics\/lawandorder\/6889102\/Photographers-issue-plea-to-end-hostile-public-searches-under-anti-terror-laws.html\" title=\"Photographer issue plea letter\">365 photographers sign Sunday Telegraph plea letter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Photography_climate_echoes_wartime_Britain_SPECIAL_REPORT_news_201239.html?offset=&amp;offset=0\" title=\"Photo climate echoes wartime Britain\">PHOTO CLIMATE ECHOES WARTIME BRITAIN?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Police_Photographers_should_carry_identification_news_292902.html\" title=\"Photographers should carry ID\">Photographers should carry ID<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Police_detain_photographer_with_Leica_M6_in_London_suburb_update_Friday_11am_news_292842.html\" title=\"Amateur arrested after taking pics in London suburb\">Amateur arrested after taking pics in London suburb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/photographers_meet_home_office_minister_over_rights_abuse_news_278619.html\" title=\"meeting with the counter-terrorism minister\">AP meets counter-terrorism minister in Parliament<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Not_a_Terrorist_photographer_to_lodge_formal_complaint_against_police_news_292730.html\" title=\"Photographer to complain against City police\">Photographer to complain against City police<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Police_crackdown_on_City_photographers_news_292881.html\" title=\"Police crackdown in City photographers\">Police crackdown on City photographers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/articles\/politics\/domestic_politics\/police+stop+church+photographer\/3456342\" title=\"More4 News report\">recent More4 News report HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itv.com\/london\/photosensitive56397\/\" title=\"London Tonight report\">recent London Tonight report HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/ITN_film_crew_stopped_while_covering_photographer_story_news_292827.html\" title=\"ITN film crew stopped while covering photo story\">ITN film crew stopped while covering photo story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Not_a_Terrorist_photographer_to_lodge_formal_complaint_against_police_news_292730.html\" title=\"Terror swoop photographer lodges complaint against police\">Terror swoop photographer lodges complaint against police<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RvlgLgA4L5I\" title=\"Photography in public video\">Photography in public campaign: Video by AP news editor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Police_terror_photography_U_turn_ACPO_letter_revealed_in_full_news_292634.html\">MP lodges new Commons petition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/police-uturn-on-photographers-and-antiterror-laws-1834626.html\" title=\"Independent article\">The Independent&#8217;s photo rights article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/amateur_photographers_spark_global_debate_news_265734.html\" title=\"Sunday Telegraph\">Sunday Telegraph interviews AP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/bbc_top_gear_photographer_met_police_are_a_nightmare_news_292453.html\" title=\"Top Gear photographer blasts Met\">Top Gear photographer blasts Met<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Photographer_in_Christmas_lights_terror_stop_update_1pm_news_292413.html\" title=\"Christmas lights terror stop\">Christmas lights terror stop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/antiterror_police_defend_campaign_targeting_suspicious_behaviour_of_people_with_cameras_news_195594.html\" title=\"Photography in public campaign\">Photography in public campaign escalates<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/bbc_photographer_terror_stop_former_officer_blasts_met_news_292330.html\" title=\"BBC photographer\">BBC photographer in terror stop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/festive_cheer_for_christmas_lights_photographer_phil_smith_receives_written_apology_from_police_news_170067.html\" title=\"forced to apologise\">Police apology after Christmas lights fiasco<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Jet_ski_photographer_files_complaint_against_police_news_291473.html\" title=\"Jet ski photographer files complaint against police\">Jet ski photographer files complaint against police<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/home_office_we_listened_to_ap_readers_news_288208.html\" title=\"Home Office published new guidance\">Home Office publishes new guidance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Amateur_photographer_arrested_for_police_officer_pic_news_285995.html\" title=\"Amateur photographer arrested\">Amateur photographer arrested<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/_Photographers_Do_terror_police_have_right_to_view_your_images__A_photo_rights_lawyer_speaks_out_after_Met_Advice_backlash_news_286211.html\" title=\"Terror police and photography: Know your rights\">Terror police and photography: Know your rights<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Photographers_will_be_stopped_under_terror_law_says_Met_advice_update_330pm_news_285871.html\" title=\"Met issues photography guidelines\">Met issues photography guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/photographers_meet_home_office_minister_over_rights_abuse_news_278619.html\" title=\"Photographers to help draft anti-terror guidance\">Amateur Photographer magazine to help draft anti-terror guidance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Stop_and_search_Police_under_fire_over_unnecessary_terror_stops_update_415pm_news_284684.html\" title=\"Carlile report criticises terror law\">Carlile report criticises terror law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/photographers_guilty_until_proved_innocent_news_278299.html\" title=\"Photographers 'guilty' until proved innocent\">Photographers &#8216;guilty&#8217; until proved innocent<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/photographers_rights_lawyer_speaks_news_276815.html\" title=\"Lawyer speaks out about terror law threat\">Lawyer speaks out about terror law threat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/met_police_reject_photographers_stopandsearch_request_update_news_283571.html\" title=\"AP magazine requests stops and search data\">AP magazine requests stops and search data<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/police_stop_and_search_power_to_be_cut_news_282052.html\" title=\"Police stop and search powers to be cut\">Police stop and search powers to be cut<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Photographers_rights_Government_issues_Stop_and_Search_pledge_news_281961.html\" title=\"Government issues stop and search pledge\">Government issues stop and search pledge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Photographers_face_wider_anti_terror_curbs_news_281398.html\" title=\"Photographers face wider anti-terror curbs\">Photographers face wider anti-terror curbs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Home Office has issued a statement in response to Saturday&#8217;s mass protest by amateur and professional photographers who are angry at police use of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Church_photographer_receives_complaint_response_from_City_police_news_294229.html\" title=\"Grant Smith complaint: Official Police response\">BREAKING NEWS 26 JAN: Grant Smith complaint: Official police response<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":21456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[325],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-21455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-news","tag-photographers-rights"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Photographers&#039; rights protest: Home Office statement (update 1.30pm) - Amateur Photographer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Home Office has issued a statement in response to Saturday&#039;s mass protest by amateur and professional photographers who are angry at police use of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act. &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Church_photograph\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Photographers&#039; rights protest: Home Office statement (update 1.30pm)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Home Office has issued a statement in response to Saturday&#039;s mass protest by amateur and professional photographers who are angry at police use of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act. &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Church_photograph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Amateur Photographer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Amateur.photographer.magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-01-25T12:05:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-11-03T17:00:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2010\/01\/ap_placard.low_.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"339\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Megan Graye\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AP_Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AP_Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Megan Graye\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Megan Graye\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/09a37c0ec6db00d983eb2045e99ff2f1\"},\"headline\":\"Photographers&#8217; rights protest: Home Office statement (update 1.30pm)\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-01-25T12:05:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-11-03T17:00:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/\"},\"wordCount\":567,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2010\/01\/ap_placard.low_.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Photographers' rights\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Latest news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/\",\"name\":\"Photographers' rights protest: Home Office statement (update 1.30pm) - Amateur Photographer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2010\/01\/ap_placard.low_.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-01-25T12:05:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-11-03T17:00:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/09a37c0ec6db00d983eb2045e99ff2f1\"},\"description\":\"The Home Office has issued a statement in response to Saturday's mass protest by amateur and professional photographers who are angry at police use of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act. &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Church_photograph\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2010\/01\/ap_placard.low_.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2010\/01\/ap_placard.low_.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":339},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Latest\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Latest news\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Photographers&#8217; rights protest: Home Office statement (update 1.30pm)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/\",\"name\":\"Amateur Photographer\",\"description\":\"The world&#039;s number 1 weekly photo magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/09a37c0ec6db00d983eb2045e99ff2f1\",\"name\":\"Megan Graye\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b95161d530e5765e0f73ca7fe2460cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b95161d530e5765e0f73ca7fe2460cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Megan Graye\"},\"description\":\"Megan Graye is a freelance journalist and content producer. On top of having written for publications such as The Independent, The V&amp;A and Cosmopolitan, she has also founded her own non-profit organisation - VOCAL GIRLS - which promotes artists of marginalised genders in music.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/megan-graye-9a7791152\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/author\/mgraye\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Photographers' rights protest: Home Office statement (update 1.30pm) - Amateur Photographer","description":"The Home Office has issued a statement in response to Saturday's mass protest by amateur and professional photographers who are angry at police use of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act. &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Church_photograph","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Photographers' rights protest: Home Office statement (update 1.30pm)","og_description":"The Home Office has issued a statement in response to Saturday's mass protest by amateur and professional photographers who are angry at police use of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act. &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Church_photograph","og_url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/","og_site_name":"Amateur Photographer","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Amateur.photographer.magazine","article_published_time":"2010-01-25T12:05:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-11-03T17:00:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":339,"url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2010\/01\/ap_placard.low_.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Megan Graye","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AP_Magazine","twitter_site":"@AP_Magazine","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Megan Graye","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/"},"author":{"name":"Megan Graye","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/09a37c0ec6db00d983eb2045e99ff2f1"},"headline":"Photographers&#8217; rights protest: Home Office statement (update 1.30pm)","datePublished":"2010-01-25T12:05:00+00:00","dateModified":"2014-11-03T17:00:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/"},"wordCount":567,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2010\/01\/ap_placard.low_.jpg","keywords":["Photographers' rights"],"articleSection":["Latest news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/","url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/","name":"Photographers' rights protest: Home Office statement (update 1.30pm) - Amateur Photographer","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2010\/01\/ap_placard.low_.jpg","datePublished":"2010-01-25T12:05:00+00:00","dateModified":"2014-11-03T17:00:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/09a37c0ec6db00d983eb2045e99ff2f1"},"description":"The Home Office has issued a statement in response to Saturday's mass protest by amateur and professional photographers who are angry at police use of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act. &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Church_photograph","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2010\/01\/ap_placard.low_.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2010\/01\/ap_placard.low_.jpg","width":480,"height":339},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-rights-protest-home-office-statement-update-1-30pm\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Latest","item":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Latest news","item":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Photographers&#8217; rights protest: Home Office statement (update 1.30pm)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website","url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/","name":"Amateur Photographer","description":"The world&#039;s number 1 weekly photo magazine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/09a37c0ec6db00d983eb2045e99ff2f1","name":"Megan Graye","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b95161d530e5765e0f73ca7fe2460cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b95161d530e5765e0f73ca7fe2460cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Megan Graye"},"description":"Megan Graye is a freelance journalist and content producer. On top of having written for publications such as The Independent, The V&amp;A and Cosmopolitan, she has also founded her own non-profit organisation - VOCAL GIRLS - which promotes artists of marginalised genders in music.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/megan-graye-9a7791152\/"],"url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/author\/mgraye\/"}]}},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2010\/01\/ap_placard.low_.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 05:35:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21455"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38218,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21455\/revisions\/38218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21455"},{"taxonomy":"product-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-category?post=21455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}