Correspondents working for Swiss television were harassed by local officials in Yunnan for several days and blocked from doing their work, despite having official invitations and permission to film. Sources and a Chinese assistant were also intimidated. Two...
During the Eid holiday that began Nov. 27, two journalists traveling separately to Kashgar, Xinjiang, were harassed by police and foreign affairs officials — one of whom demanded they leave the city, despite reassurances from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in...
LOCATION: Beijing TYPE OF INCIDENT: Violence, broken equipment TOPIC: Oct. 1 National Day NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Kyodo news agency/Japan The Japanese Kyodo news agency has reported that unidentified authorities in Beijing stormed the hotel room of three visiting...
LOCATION: Urumqi TYPE OF INCIDENT: Violence, detained for three hours, broken equipment, confiscated tape TOPIC: Protests NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Hong Kong/television “At around 3.30pm, we were interviewing Han Chinese protestors on Hongqi road. There were a few...
LOCATION: Urumqi TYPE OF INCIDENT: Violence, detained for three hours, broken equipment, confiscated tape TOPIC: Protests NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Hong Kong/TVB, two others DESCRIPTION: “We were covering a rally in Urumqi on Renmin Nanlu. Armed police...
