Spanien vill införa förbud mot att filma poliser - eftermassdemonstrationer

Spanien inför förbud att filma poliser?

2012-10-19
Spaniens polischef, Ignacio Cosidó, har offentliggjort planer på att införa förbud mot att filma och fotografera poliser.

Efter den senaste tidens omfattande protester i landet behövs en sådan lag för att öka säkerheten enligt, Ignacio Cosidó. Även spridande av sådant material på internet, eller spridande på annat sätt, kommer att bli olagligt i Spanien om lagen går igenom.

http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/10/18/inenglish/1350588780_276075.html

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Spain Seeks To Outlaw Filming Cops

Weeks after footage showed police beating demonstrators

Infowars.com October 19, 2012
Following massive protests in Spain over the last couple of months as demonstrators revolt in response to draconian austerity measures imposed by the crumbling European Union, Spain has now moved to make filming police a crime.

“The director general of police, Ignacio Cosidó, announced on Thursday that the authorities are studying the possibility that the next update to the Public Security Law could include an article prohibiting the recording, processing or circulation on the internet of police officers performing their duties, if doing so would endanger them or the operation in which they were engaged,” reports El Pais.

The law would also make it illegal for protesters to cover their faces, undoubtedly an effort to make them easier to identify. Cops who disguise their identity in full riot gear and helmets would not be held to the same standard.

- The new law arrives in the immediate aftermath of protests across the country last month which highlighted numerous instances of Spanish police beating demonstrators with batons and using smoke bullets in confined spaces.

Presumably, the government is not seeking to limit such brutality, but rather the ability for such actions to be recorded and later seen by millions on television news and You Tube.

Although police in other countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States routinely attempt to intimidate onlookers and protesters by claiming that filming cops is against the law, every time the issue goes to court it is vehemently underscored that this is not the case.

http://www.infowars.com/spain-seeks-to-outlaw-filming-cops/

Police protection or citizen censorship?

Spain to ban photos and videos of cops

RT 2012-10-19
Spain’s government is drafting a law that bans the photographing and filming of members of the police. The Interior Ministry assures they are not cracking down on freedom of expression, but protecting the lives of law enforcement officers.

­The draft legislation follows waves of protests throughout the country against uncompromising austerity cuts to public healthcare and education.

The new Citizen Safety Law will prohibit “the capture, reproduction and editing of images, sounds or information of members of the security or armed forces in the line of duty,” said the director general of the police, Ignacio Cosido. He added that this new bill seeks to “find a balance between the protection of citizens’ rights and those of security forces.”

- The dissemination of images and videos over social networks like Facebook will also be punishable under the legislation.

Despite the fact that the new law will cover all images that could pose a risk to the physical safety officers or impede them from executing their duty, the Interior Ministry maintains it will not encroach on freedom of expression.

“We are trying to avoid images of police being uploaded onto social networks with threats to them and their families,” underlined Cosido.

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http://rt.com/news/spain-ban-photos-police-794/

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