John Morrison Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Well thats not a happy read. Link to the photographer. https://www.andyaitchison.uk/portfolio/G0000c7S7GThB.FQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John David Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 A photographer has been arrested in Kent whilst photographing things to do with asylum seekers, Kent and burning flames. Comments on the "story line" welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) Arrest of photographer at Kent protest raises press freedom fears Andy Aitchison tells Guardian of concerns after being held in custody for seven hours https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/30/arrest-of-photographer-at-kent-protest-raises-press-freedom-fears Edited January 30, 2021 by geogphotos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Literally just about to post on this. Seems like a blatant attempt to cover up independent, objective reporting of a news item in order to prioritise govt agenda. Will be interesting to see how (if) other papers report on this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradleyPhoto Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Those bail conditions should be challenged in court 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 duplicate thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Mr Standfast said: Well thats not a happy read. Link to the photographer. https://www.andyaitchison.uk/portfolio/G0000c7S7GThB.FQ Interesting. Was he 'known' by the police, I wonder? Edited January 30, 2021 by losdemas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) 28 minutes ago, losdemas said: Interesting. Was he 'known' by the police, I wonder? Interesting. Was he 'known' by the police, home secretary I wonder? Edited January 30, 2021 by Mr Standfast typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) duplicate Edited January 30, 2021 by Mr Standfast ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Appalling. As a member of the NUJ I stand by him. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Mr Standfast said: Interesting. Was he 'known' by the police, home secretary I wonder? Well, quite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brooks Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Never assign a photographer that has not been arrested at least once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John David Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Mr Standfast said: duplicate thread Sorry, my bad. How do I report myself? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 35 minutes ago, John David said: Sorry, my bad. How do I report myself? Sorry John, didn't mean it to come across harshly. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb photos Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 His website is clean and informative. Has been working as a full time pro for nearly 20 years, has photographed Prince Charles, would almost certainly have had a press card. Priti has has lots of bad PR, perhaps the police thought they were doing her a good turn. One of his pictures was in the Guardian's picture of the day. Worrying times for photographers. Just think, most of us would have shot the protest if we were local, I certainly would of. In most cases like this a photographer is held then released without charge or de arrested, as they just want the photographer out of the way while the protest is active. Time will tell. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Well, just googling only The Guardian, The Independent & Kent Online have picked this up, at least that's all that I can find. Googling his name along with, say, The Daily Mail or The Telegraph yields nothing. Is it because he's been charged and they're not allowed to? A strange silence otherwise. He is definitely a member of the NUJ as he showed his press card to the police when they came to his home to arrest him many hours later. The NUJ and local Conservative MP Damian Collins are apparently keeping a close watch on the case, let's hope so. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/30/arrest-of-photographer-at-kent-protest-raises-press-freedom-fears https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/journalist-photographer-asylum-camp-napier-barracks-andy-aitchison-b1794907.html https://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/press-photographer-arrested-after-covering-protest-241673/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Coverage in the Press Gazette: https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/journalist-photographer-arrested-napier-barracks-protest-kent-andy-aitchison/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) Seems like there was a second incident. https://www.thecanary.co/exclusive/2021/02/01/uk-police-just-arrested-two-journalists-in-one-week/ Edited February 2, 2021 by Sultanpepa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb photos Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, Sultanpepa said: Seems like their was a second incident. https://www.thecanary.co/exclusive/2021/02/01/uk-police-just-arrested-two-journalists-in-one-week/ This second attempt to stifle legitimate photojournalism is more worrying, particularly the police reportedly stating they do not recognise a NUJ press card. Their actions indicated they didn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Scary times for democracy. I'm sorry to hear of your troubles across the pond. While he defied your King, I'd guess you'd all agree with Thomas Jefferson: "were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." A free press is essential to democracy, particularly when they strive to relate what's actually going on. Let's hope they prevail. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizBrown Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Marianne said: Scary times for democracy. I'm sorry to hear of your troubles across the pond. While he defied your King, I'd guess you'd all agree with Thomas Jefferson: "were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." A free press is essential to democracy, particularly when they strive to relate what's actually going on. Let's hope they prevail. A free press is part of it, but La Prensa here is the voice of a family that's very annoyed that it isn't getting its own in as presidents these days. They're rather freer than they admit. I think one thing that happens in Europe that hasn't traditionally happened in the US is that you do have papers with politics who do operate in a journalistic culture where other papers have other politics. US journalism has areas where it's just not trustworthy -- Latin American coverage tends to be either missing, partisan, or simplistic. There's some historical evidence that at least part of the American colonies wanted to leave the UK because the UK was becoming hostile to slavery. South Carolina grew its own tea so had no problem with the tea tax, but did have a problem with not being able to visit London with their slaves (Google Somerset v Stewart -- and the judge who make that decision raised his son's African Anglo daughter). Nicaragua is 6 million or so people. There are various flavors of official and oppositional news, both frequently full of lies, so everyone checks with people who were there so see what probably maybe really happened. We're in a age where everyone has Photoshop. Freedom of the press without ethics is problematic. If we have a significant portion of the US population believing that Trump is their salvation and that special courts have given Special Forces troops warrants to arrest all the prominent liberal and take them to Guantanamo for tribunals and hanging, the problem is the US educational system, not freedom of the press. The South ended up making talking about abolition of slavery a capital offense during the Confederacy and had strict control over the press compared to the North where the press was free to publish battle plans if they found out about them (Grant commented ruefully about this in his memoirs). Edited February 4, 2021 by MizBrown typo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nacke Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Very disturbing to read. I was also sad to read that he handed over his files (cards?) I would never do that without a court order. I hope he finds a good lawyer. I would be less surprised to have read about this happening in the U.S., but the UK? Chuck I feel the need to add: I have a feeling that there is more to this story than the daily's have reported. The entire story does not make any sense? Edited February 4, 2021 by Chuck Nacke grammer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Question in parliament today from Kim Johnson MP: https://twitter.com/NUJofficial/status/1357299408912670720 Edited February 4, 2021 by Harry Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanDavidson Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 The NUJ has just sent an email to all its press card holders reminding us of the strict terms for holding and using a press card. They also remind us that a press card can be revoked at any time. Here is a paragraph from a long communication “Remember only to use the press card on occasions when you are reporting an event. Do not use your press card when your involvement in an event is other than as a reporter and observational role – for example, you cannot use your card if you are organising an event orpresent as a protestor or activist” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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