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...
An AP photographer, reporter, and APTN camera crew were followed by local government officials in Fengxiang county, Shaanxi province, who attempted to block or disrupt interviews with parents of children hospitalized for lead poisoning on Aug. 19. A cameraman was...
LOCATION: Kashgar TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space, Detained TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Associated Press Associated Press Photographer Elizabeth Dalziel was detained after taking photographs of a convoy going through the city. She was...
LOCATION: Village near Kashgar TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space, Detained TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Katri Makkonen, Finnish Broadcasting Company DESCRIPTION: I was waiting at the village mosque for friday prayers to end. Our driver...
LOCATION: Shaoguan, Guangdong TYPE OF INCIDENT: Police Harassment, intimidation of source TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Print “It appeared they knew it was the wrong thing to do because they drove away and left us alone. Later, the local...
