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English Defence League members scream at members of the press. The Leeds EDL protest was countered by Unite Against Fascism.
NUJ recommended terms & conditions apply. Moral rights asserted under Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988. Credit is required. No part of this photo to be stored, reproduced, manipulated or transmitted by any means without permission.
© Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
Please see web gallery here
Read NUJ statement, Death threats for journalists covering right wing demos here
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009 at 12:57 pm
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Propaganda posters displaying the ‘core aims and beliefs’ of the Tory Party in the Conservative Party press room.
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 at 8:57 am

‘I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist’ – website/campaign launch party
Photography is under attack. Across the country anyone with a camera is targeted as a potential terrorist.
This campaign is for everyone who values visual imagery and press freedom.
Entertainment:
Good cop – Bad cop Slideshow
Interactive self portrait photo-booth
Screening ‘Silly Season’ and other delights at 8pm
Special Guest appearance from the Hackney Secular Singers
The Foundry
86 Great Eastern Street
London EC2A 3JL
For more info contact:
Jeff Moore – 07870 209766
Jess Hurd – 07713 151765
Follow us on twitter: PHNAT
Please circulate.
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 at 11:10 am
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BNP leader Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons flanked by security are forced to flee a press conference by anti fascist protesters. College Green, Westminster. London.
© Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
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Last summer I covered Climate Camp at Kingsnorth Power Station. There was a massive policing operation involving officers drawn from forces all over the country.
The media were filmed and searched entering and leaving the field where the protest camp was.
On one occasion after photographing a rather brutal arrest of protesters who had been filming the police we were detained for over an hour. We were then followed to a restaurant several miles away and were filmed through the window by the police Forward Intelligence Team.
On that particular day I was stopped and searched three times and detained for over two hours.
Listen to the BBC Radio Kent interview here
Read the police apology and other press coverage here
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009 at 12:17 pm

In August of last year I covered Climate Camp at Kingsnorth Power Station. There was a massive policing operation involving officers drawn from forces all over the country.
The media were filmed and searched entering and leaving the field where the protest camp was.
On one occasion after photographing a rather brutal arrest of protesters who had been filming the police we were detained for over an hour. We were then followed to a restaurant several miles away and were filmed through the window by the police Forward Intelligence Team.
On that particular day I was stopped and searched three times and detained for over two hours.
This is a copy of the letter of apology I received from the police.
Here is the NUJ statement here
See related Guardian article here and on Climate Camp here
See Climate Camp web gallery here
Thanks to Bindmans Solicitors and the NUJ for their help and support.
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
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Tomorrow there is a half-day conference hosted by Media Workers Against the War
There will be a workshop called “Journalists and the “terror” laws” with the campaigning lawyer Louise Christian, Hicham Yezza the editor of Ceasefire Magazine who was arrested for downloading an al-Qaeda document from a US government website and photojournalist Marc Vallee
Jason N.Parkinson and I will still be showing the NUJ sponsored film – Press Freedom: Collateral Damage as part of the workshop and we will also do a Q&A after the film.
http://mwaw.net/conference/2008
The conference is being held at the London School of Economics and starts at 2pm. The event is open to all and not just media workers.
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Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 5:40 pm