Aug 13, 2008
Police in Beijing roughed up and detained a British journalist after he covered a Free Tibet protest close to the city’s main Olympic zone. John Ray of Independent Television News said he was pinned down by police, dragged along the floor and pushed into a...
Aug 12, 2008
Two police officers in an unmarked car followed and briefly questioned two Scandinavian journalists working together on a story in an eastern suburb of Beijing. Police arrived in Pingfang village and demanded to see the identification of Beijing-based Sami Sillanpaa...
Aug 12, 2008
Plainclothes officials intimidated sources while two Scandinavian journalists attempted to interview peach farmers in Sanhe Town, Hebei Province about how Olympics transport regulations are hurting their livelihood. Beijing-based Sami Sillanpaa of Helsingin Sanomat...
Aug 11, 2008
A visiting British photojournalist attempting to cover the aftermath of bombings in Xinjiang was detained for 7.5 hours by police, who said his travel documents were insufficient. Jack Hill, a British photographer with The Times, renewed his J-2 visiting journalist...
Aug 8, 2008
An Associated Press writer and photographer were questioned by police, searched and detained at various locations over three days while covering the aftermath of bombings in Xinjiang province. AP journalist William Foreman and a photographer arrived in Yining,...
