LOCATION: Urumqi TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space, Manhandled TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Asian Print DESCRIPTION: Daily organised trips for the media. They were obviously orchestrated, but at least they are trying. Media officers who...
LOCATION: Urumqi TYPE OF INCIDENT: Detained, barred from public space TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Associated Press TV “The police assured them that they had not broken any laws and that holding them was for their safety.” Description:...
LOCATION: Tiananmen Square TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space TOPIC: Tiananmen anniversary NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: International Broadcaster DESCRIPTION: Our TV crew was stopped at security and not allowed to enter Tiananmen Square to film. We were told...
LOCATION: Beijing TYPE OF INCIDENT: Detention, Sources Harassed, TOPIC: Tiananmen anniversary NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: TV Broadcaster We drove around the block and passed the same spot and saw that all the students we had interviewed were being questioned....
LOCATION: Tiananmen Square TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space TOPIC: Tiananmen anniversary NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Italian TV The authorities asked us to go with them to “an office close to the square” to apply to film in Tiananmen. I explained...
