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20 February, 2012 - 13:50
Reporters Without Border strongly condemns the Greek police's illegal use of photos taken during the 12 February protests in Athens by photographers working for AFP, AP, Reuters, EFE and local news agencies. The police posted the photos on a government website together with an appeal for witnesses to identify those allegedly responsible for the violence, and only took them down after formal protests from the news agencies.
“We are outraged by what the police did, which was not only illegal but also directly threatened the safety of news agency and freelance photographers,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The police have ample resources for their enquiries, including the security cameras for which maintaining law and order is always cited as grounds for their installation and use. The purpose of new agency photos is informing the public, not use by law enforcement agencies.
“We have for months been repeating that news photographers are not police[...]
[Published in AidNews - Read the original article]
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