Street Journalists Under Surveillance

May 31, 2008 06:18 | Miscellaneous, repression

“…Street Journalism includes covering a lot of political and social protest, of which there are plenty in London.

But in recent months – that seems to have coincided with the introduction of the 2008 Counter Terrorism Act and subsequent publicity campaign – according to various work colleagues, it seems the London Metropolitan (Met) Police Forward Intelligence Teams (FIT), also known as Intelligence Gatherers – or the now infamous name of the FIT Squad – are taking particular interest in the Street Journalists.”

Read the full article at Jason N. Parkinson’s blog

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