Mar 11, 2009
LOCATION: Sichuan, Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture, about 120 km south of Kangding TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation, journalist and staff followed and filmed, ordered to leave area TOPIC: Anniversary of the Tibetan uprising REPORTER/ORGANIZATION/NATIONALITY: Ole...
Mar 9, 2009
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China urges the Chinese government to halt a wave of detentions of journalists and open Tibetan areas for news coverage. Reporters from at least six news organisation have been detained, turned back or had their tapes...
Mar 6, 2009
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China is appalled at the tightening of restrictions on Chinese news assistants who have been told they will be fined and stripped of accreditations if they conduct independent interviews. The club calls for the scrapping of a new...
Mar 3, 2009
The following is a letter from FCCC President Jonathan Watts to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ————— Attn: Mr. Ma Zhaoxu News Department Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dear Mr. Ma Zhaoxu, On behalf of the Foreign...
Feb 27, 2009
LOCATION: Gansu Province, Maqu County TYPE OF INCIDENT: Manhandling, detention, intimidation TOPIC: Tibetan unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: New York Times, United States QUOTE: “Li suddenly exploded in rage and hit my right arm as I took his photo. The blow...
