Tourists Questioned Over MI6 Photographs
Pair warned against taking photos.
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Photographer Victory Flashmob @ Scotland Yard, Sunday
Section 44 is dead. On 30 June the European Court rejected the British government’s appeal to its decision of January that the clause breached human rights. I’m a Photographer not a Terrorist is rallying photographers to return to New Scotland Yard tomorrow at midday to …
Home Office Blunder Leads To Illegal Stop and Searches
Photo by weglet An oversight by a Home Office minister has led to hundreds of Londoners being illegally stopped and searched under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act. According to a statement made by the Home Office yesterday, stop and search powers were used in …
Security Guards Told To Question ‘Suspicious Photographers’
Photo by steve_w Have you been loitering, taking pictures of buildings or asking directions in the City? According to a City of London police document sent out to 5000 private security staff in the square mile, this makes you a potential terrorist suspect. Those of …
An Unlikely Terror Hotspot: Selhurst Park
Holmesdale Road stand by Sascha Drenth Them mean old terrorists are getting everywhere, it seems: Crystal Palace’s home ground of Selhurst Park in Croydon has been included in a list of 100 “terror hotspots” across London, meaning that police have the right to stop and …
Police Stop And Search Powers Restricted
Image by suburbanslice from the Londonist Flickr pool According to the Evening Standard, the Met will only be enforcing Section 44 stop and search around prominent or crowded areas of London instead of a blanket policy across the city. The police were criticised by Lord …
Stop And Search Being Used To “Balance Race Stats”
Image by Alex @ Faraway from the Londonist Flickr pool We told you a few weeks ago how stop and search was massively on the rise again in London, and now the government’s anti-terror watchdog says police are stopping people randomly to make sure the …
