The fate of photographer John Cantlie, kidnapped by the jihadist group in 2012, remains unknown.
via BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63711446Today marks 10 years since British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Syria.
It’s important that police understand a photographer’s rights.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/11/03/police-training-on-photographers-rights-aims-to-curb-violence-against-press/Court-ordered training sessions between police and media have been taking place in Minneapolis, led by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA).
A federal judge has halted a controversial law in Arizona that made it illegal for bystanders to film police from within 8 feet.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/09/10/federal-judge-halts-arizona-ban-on-filming-police-within-8-feet/A federal judge has halted the controversial new state law in Arizona that bans people from photographing and filming police officers within 8 feet. The new law, which opponents have slammed as a violation of free speech, was to go into effect on September 24th.
The lawsuit alleges it is a violation of the First Amendment.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/08/23/nppa-lawsuit-challenges-arizona-law-restricting-the-recording-of-police/The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) has joined with the Arizona Broadcasters Association and the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (along with eight other media organizations) to file a lawsuit against Arizona’s law that restricts the recording of police.
“Commercial” means any use of the footage that could generate revenue — such as ads run ahead of a YouTube video.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/08/26/ruling-overturned-you-may-again-need-a-permit-to-film-in-national-parks/A court has upheld a National Park Service fee and permit requirement for commercial videography in national parks, overturning a previous ruling that found this requirement to be a violation of First Amendment rights.
Photographers should not have to be told how much this law tramples on their rights.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/08/24/lawsuit-challenging-law-that-restricts-recording-police-has-nationwide-implications/Earlier this year, Arizona governor Doug Ducey signed HB 2319, a law that would make it illegal to record or photograph police within eight feet of them. It’s being challenged, and the results will have nationwide implications.
“No photographs.”
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/07/22/no-photographs-trumps-order-to-white-house-photographer-on-jan-6/Shealah Craighead rarely put down her camera when Trump was in the public eye, as the former president was particularly, and notably, fond of being in front of the camera and driving stories and ratings, Business Insider reports. But on January 6, 2021, the day of the insurrection at the Capitol, photos were conspicuously absent.
If you want to film police officers in Arizona, you can’t stand too close.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/07/11/new-arizona-law-makes-photographing-police-up-close-illegal/The new law, which goes into effect on September 24, prohibits anyone within eight feet of law enforcement officers from recording police activity. Violators will face a misdemeanor charge and up to thirty days in jail, though only after ignoring a verbal warning and continuing to record anyway.
A report by Reporters Without Borders found Levin and a friend were possibly tortured before being shot. His girlfriend told VICE World News she wants Russia “to pay for what they’ve done.”
Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnq99/maks-levin-russia-ukraine
A report by Reporters Without Borders found Levin and a friend were possibly tortured before being shot. His girlfriend told VICE World News she wants Russia “to pay for what they’ve done.”
The police say the photographer insulted them.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/06/16/pultizer-photographer-is-fined-under-gag-law-while-capturing-migrants/Javier Bauluz was documenting the arrival of thousands of migrants last year in the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the coast of northwestern Africa.
Returning to an old debate after the horrific killings in Uvalde, Texas.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/would-showing-graphic-images-of-mass-shootings-spur-action-to-stop-themThe root of their pain lay in the photographs’ gruesome specificity and its capacity to answer in precise detail questions that were too lurid to have occurred otherwise: how the bodies lay; how the dead faces were contorted; how the spatters of blood patterned the walls. Many in the courtroom, journalists and family members alike, averted their eyes. It seemed that the cumulative detail of those images could tell them little that they did not already know: nine people were dead for no other reason than the color of their skin.
In western Canada, land defenders keep filming
via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/special_report/wetsuweten-land-defenders-canada-gidimten.php/As it is, newsrooms don’t necessarily prioritize sustained, nonviolent opposition in editorial decision-making. “The public eye wants violence and destruction, but turns away from our quiet resistance,” wrote Anne Spice, a Tlingit sociologist, and Denzel Sutherland-Wilson, a Gitxsan land defender, in the New Inquiry in 2019. “People are less interested in our governance systems operating as they should.”
The oppressive drone laws in Texas have been found to be unconstitutional.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/03/30/stringent-texas-anti-drone-law-overturned-in-federal-court/The drone law in question amounted to a broad ban on drone use for a wide range of purposes that included journalism. The NPPA says that it stood against the law back when it was first proposed in 2013 and, at the time, urged the legislature to reject the bill.
The family of Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, killed during a Taliban attack in Afghanistan last year, are seeking legal action at the International Criminal Court
via NPR.org: https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1088172421/parents-of-killed-photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-seek-action-against-talibanThe family of Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who was killed last year in Afghanistan, filed a formal complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday to investigate his killing and bring to trial the Taliban’s leadership for “committing war crimes.”
Margarito Martínez Esquivel, a Tijuana photojournalist who covered police and security issues, was killed Monday
via San Diego Union-Tribune: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/story/2022-01-17/photojournalist-death-tijuanaMartínez, 49, was beloved by colleagues and known as fearless. Last year, he documented a shootout between two groups, putting his own safety at risk. Journalist chat groups for Baja California were flooded with messages of grief and support on Monday afternoon.
Soe Naing was arrested in Yangon while taking photos of a ‘silent strike’ protest against military rule
via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/14/photojournalist-in-myanmar-dies-in-military-custody-a-week-after-arrestSoe Naing was arrested in Yangon while taking photos of a ‘silent strike’ protest against military rule
In 2018, Turkish photojournalist Uygar Önder Şimşek says he entered the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards under a pseudonym in order to protect his identity. His work was shortlisted, but the Awards mistakenly sent his real name to the media, forcing him to flee his homeland. He currently lives in exile.
While hopes for the return of Austin Tice have faded, the top American hostage negotiator says he believes the former journalist is still alive.
