Aug 13, 2008
Two Agence France Presse reporters were turned away by security guards when they attempted to visit the home of Zeng Jinyan, the wife of imprisoned rights activist Hu Jia. A print reporter and a television camerman tried to enter the compound at Bobo Freedom Village...
Aug 13, 2008
Police damaged the camera of Guardian photographer Dan Chung as they tried to prevent him taking pictures of the aftermath of a pro-Tibet protest at the Ethnic Minorities Culture Park near the Olympic Green in Beijing. Police told Chung that neither his visible IOC...
Aug 13, 2008
Police in Beijing roughed up and detained a British journalist after he covered a Free Tibet protest close to the city’s main Olympic zone. John Ray of Independent Television News said he was pinned down by police, dragged along the floor and pushed into a...
Aug 12, 2008
Two police officers in an unmarked car followed and briefly questioned two Scandinavian journalists working together on a story in an eastern suburb of Beijing. Police arrived in Pingfang village and demanded to see the identification of Beijing-based Sami Sillanpaa...
Aug 12, 2008
Plainclothes officials intimidated sources while two Scandinavian journalists attempted to interview peach farmers in Sanhe Town, Hebei Province about how Olympics transport regulations are hurting their livelihood. Beijing-based Sami Sillanpaa of Helsingin Sanomat...
Aug 11, 2008
A visiting British photojournalist attempting to cover the aftermath of bombings in Xinjiang was detained for 7.5 hours by police, who said his travel documents were insufficient. Jack Hill, a British photographer with The Times, renewed his J-2 visiting journalist...
