{"id":21608,"date":"2010-01-12T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/uncategorized\/stop-and-search-photographers-welcome-european-ruling-update-1-40pm-21608"},"modified":"2014-11-03T17:00:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T17:00:45","slug":"stop-and-search-photographers-welcome-european-ruling-update-1-40pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/stop-and-search-photographers-welcome-european-ruling-update-1-40pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop and search: Photographers welcome European ruling (update 1.40pm)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UK-based architectural photographer Grant Smith who has been stopped several times under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act has welcomed as &#8216;excellent news&#8217; today&#8217;s European ruling that police use of the law is illegal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the <a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Section_44_Stop_and_Search_ruled_illegal_update_145pm_news_293715.html\" title=\"European case\">European case<\/a>, which involved two people who were stopped by police outside a London arms exhibition in 2003, Smith told <em>Amateur Photographer<\/em>: &#8216;The [Terrorism Act 2000] legislation goes against their human rights [under the European Convention on Human Rights].&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>Jeff Moore, chairman of the British Press Photographers&#8217; Association, described the European ruling as &#8216;great news&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as amateur and professional photographers prepare to defend their rights to take pictures in public at a &#8216;mass photo gathering&#8217; to be held in Trafalgar Square, London on 23 January.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed that the protest will still go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives of <em>Amateur Photographer<\/em> magazine, which has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/comment\/letters\/6873728\/Police-should-stop-treating-photographers-as-terrorists.html\" title=\"campaigned on this issue\">campaigned on this issue<\/a> for several years, are also expected to attend.<\/p>\n<p>The event&#8217;s organisers, &#8216;I&#8217;m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist&#8217;, said today: &#8216;Our society&#8217;s visual history is under threat of extinction by anti-terrorism legislation. Section 44 of the Terrorism Act has, in effect, ended the confidence of the citizen to engage in the act of photography in a public place as photographers, artists and illustrators &#8211; amateur and professional &#8211; are harassed by police invoking terrorism legislation to stop and search them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The act of documenting our street scenes and public life, our built environment, whether iconic or not, is now considered to be an act of hostile reconnaissance and could result in the detention of the image maker.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Before Christmas, <a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Photographer_quizzed_by_armed_police_near_Bank_of_America_update_news_292703.html\" title=\"Police swoop on photographer\">police swooped on Grant Smith<\/a> in the City of London after he refused to give his personal details to a security guard at a building nearby. <\/p>\n<p>He had been taking photos of a church as part of a project.<\/p>\n<p>The incident sparked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/articles\/politics\/domestic_politics\/police+stop+church+photographer\/3456342\" title=\"widespread media coverage\">widespread media coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cmiskp.echr.coe.int\/tkp197\/viewhbkm.asp?sessionId=42624724&amp;skin=hudoc-pr-en&amp;action=html&amp;table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649&amp;key=79298&amp;highlight=4158\/05\" title=\"ECRH Ruling\">READ THE EUROPEAN RULING, IN FULL, HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RELATED ARTICLES<\/p>\n<p><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 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