Photo: Carlo Nicora on Flickr – CC BY-NC-SA.
Laugh? Cry? or what…
I think the Swedish democracy is messed up, but in the UK they’re a couple of steps ahead of us…
From British Journal of Photography (via BoingBoing) on a new “Anti-Terror” law in the UK:
“The new set of rules, under section 76 of the 2008 Act and section 58A of the 2000 Act, will target anyone who ‘elicits or attempts to elicit information about (members of armed forces) … which is of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism’.
A person found guilty of this offence could be liable to imprisonment for up to 10 years, and to a fine.
The law is expected to increase the anti-terrorism powers used today by police officers to stop photographers, including press photographers, from taking pictures in public places.”
10 YEARS IN PRISON??? Come on for gods sake. This is just sick.
