London, 04/07/2010. Today , the campaign group "I Am A Photographer Not A Terrorist" (Phnat, 1.), supported by other organizations, held a flashmob outside the MET Police HQ, aka "New Scotland Yard", to mark and celebrate the decision of the European Court of Human Rights to declare Section 44 unlawful. <<[…] The European Court of Human Rights [ECHR] rejected the governments' appeal to its decision in January 2010 that ruled Section 44 of the Terrorism Act...
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London, 04/07/2010. Today , the campaign group "I Am A Photographer Not A Terrorist" (Phnat, 1.), supported by other organizations, held a flashmob outside the MET Police HQ, aka "New Scotland Yard", to mark and celebrate the decision of the European Court of Human Rights to declare Section 44 unlawful. <<[…] The European Court of Human Rights [ECHR] rejected the governments' appeal to its decision in January 2010 that ruled Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights [which guarantees the right to private life]. The landmark ruling found in favour of Kevin Gillan and Pennie Quinton, a protester and photographer who were stopped by police on their way to a demonstration in 2003 [In September 2003 Kevin and Pennie were stopped and searched under Section 44 while they were reporting protests at the Defence Systems & Equipment International (DSEi) arms fair at the ExCeL centre in Docklands, London] […] The ECHR found unanimously that Section 44 was a serious violation of the right to privacy and gave the British government no leave to appeal […]>>. Unfortunately, for Lens based Journalist the battle is not finished, in fact <<The Home Office Rapid Review of counter-terrorism powers has not scrapped Section 44 after the European Court ruling, it has merely rebranded it. [...] Section 47A allows a senior police officer to authorise a time and geographically limited power for officers to stop and search individuals without suspicion if the senior officer "reasonably suspects that an act of terrorism will take place"[…]>>.(Source PHNAT, Pag 11-12, 3.).
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https://phnat.org/
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http://bit.do/eZmE7 (Wikipedia.org)
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http://bit.do/eZmHH
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