Index on Censorship » Met Police http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Met Police http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org UK: Metropolitan police request riot footage http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/09/united-kingdom-metropolitan-police-request-riot-footage/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/09/united-kingdom-metropolitan-police-request-riot-footage/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:35:43 +0000 Marta Cooper http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=26651 The Metropolitan Police have served a notice of application for a production order on the Guardian seeking “all published and unpublished footage and images between 6 to 10 August with respect to the disorder within London and the area policed by the Met Police”. David Cameron had earlier told MPs that the media has a [...]

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