Sep 21, 2009
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Sep 19, 2009
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...
Sep 5, 2009
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...
Sep 4, 2009
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...
Sep 4, 2009
On Sept. 4, while covering protests in Urumqi, Associated Press photographer Andy Wong and TV producers David Wivell and Isolda Morillo had their equipment confiscated by paramilitary police. All three are fine and police did not take their documents. The cameras were...
