{"id":3160,"date":"2021-02-06T12:40:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T12:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2021-02-06T12:42:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T12:42:45","slug":"stories-cover-recent-arrests-of-photographers-covering-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/3160","title":{"rendered":"Stories cover recent arrests of photographers covering events."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Stories cover recent arrests of photographers covering events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know there is covid- regs at the moment \u2026. but his is such an ongoing story of police restriction on photographers covering their legitimate activities.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8217;twas ever thus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrest of photographer at Kent protest raises press freedom fears<br>Andy Aitchison tells Guardian of concerns after being held in custody for seven hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-press-gazette wp-block-embed-press-gazette\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.pressgazette.co.uk\/journalist-photographer-arrested-napier-barracks-protest-kent-andy-aitchison\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2021\/jan\/30\/arrest-of-photographer-at-kent-protest-raises-press-freedom-fears\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2021\/jan\/30\/arrest-of-photographer-at-kent-protest-raises-press-freedom-fears<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know there was probably considered to be a \u2018covid dimension\u2019 [ie key worers etc] to this, but I think police do yet again, need reminding of guidelines we\u2019ve go to so much trouble to educate and inform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and \u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1gov.uk\/uk-police-just-arrested-two-journalists-in-one-week\">https:\/\/1gov.uk\/uk-police-just-arrested-two-journalists-in-one-week<\/a><br>Denise Laura Baker was arrested on Saturday 30 January as she attempted to cover the police evicting anti-HS2 activists from their protest tower in Euston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NUJ supports photographer arrested for covering protest<br>h<a href=\"ttps:\/\/www.nuj.org.uk\/news\/nuj-supports-photographer-arrested-for-covering-protest\/\">ttps:\/\/www.nuj.org.uk\/news\/nuj-supports-photographer-arrested-for-covering-protest\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New committee for journalists&#8217; safety promises national action plan as first priority<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressgazette.co.uk\/national-committee-for-the-safety-of-journalists-john-whittingdale\/\">https:\/\/www.pressgazette.co.uk\/national-committee-for-the-safety-of-journalists-john-whittingdale\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kent police must be investigated after seizing photographer\u2019s phone and memory card, says the NUJ. 5 February 2021<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuj.org.uk\/news\/kent-police-must-be-investigated-after-seizing-photographers\">https:\/\/www.nuj.org.uk\/news\/kent-police-must-be-investigated-after-seizing-photographers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Case dropped against journalist arrested after taking photos of protest outside controversial asylum camp<br>Andy Aitchison, arrested for &#8216;criminal damage&#8217; after photographing peaceful demonstration, says he is relieved but raises concern about press freedom<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/journalist-arrest-napier-barracks-kent-andy-aitchison-b1798378.html\">https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/journalist-arrest-napier-barracks-kent-andy-aitchison-b1798378.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories cover recent arrests of photographers covering events. I know there is covid- regs at the moment \u2026. but his is such an ongoing story of police restriction on photographers covering their legitimate activities.: &#8217;twas ever thus! Arrest of photographer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/3160\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3160"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3163,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160\/revisions\/3163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}