HMIC apology after warning police to declare associations with ‘journalists and extremist groups’
The UK’s police watchdog has apologised after appearing to equate journalists with extremist groups. The Crime Reporters Association objected to…
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Chris Mullin wins Old Bailey fight to protect Birmingham pub bombings sources
Journalist and former MP Chris Mullin has won his fight against being forced to hand over material that would identify…
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Police misconduct hearings ‘still worryingly opaque’
Update 14 October: The National Union of Journalists has called for the Government to launch an independent investigation into the…
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Photographer captured moment he was shot by LAPD covering BLM protest
A photojournalist alleges police officers “assaulted, battered and shot” him with rubber bullets as he tried to document Black Lives…
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Photographer given ‘unlawful’ Covid-19 fine ‘deeply concerned’ about press freedom
A photographer who was slapped with an “unlawful” Covid-19 fine after reporting on a protest outside Napier Barracks says he…
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Police to pay out £875,000 after settling case over journalist arrests
Police have agreed to pay significant damages to two journalists inappropriately arrested over material that appeared in a documentary on…
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Police force refers itself to UK information watchdog over 200 unanswered FOI requests
A police force has referred itself to the UK’s information watchdog over its failure to answer hundreds of freedom of…
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Gwent Police has told journalists to check its social media channels as it will no longer be sending out press…
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