Jul 25, 2008
Beijing police manhandled a Danish television journalist and his Chinese assistant, knocking their camera to the ground and breaking it as the team tried to cover the crowds lined up to buy tickets during the last round of Olympic ticket sales. DR Asia Bureau Chief...
Jul 22, 2008
According to multiple press reports and video clips posted online, at least four Hong Kong journalists were manhandled, shoved and pushed by police while attempting to cover a crowd of Beijingers trying to buy Olympics tickets. Video clips show police shoving...
Jul 19, 2008
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Jul 15, 2008
Rupert Wingfield Hayes of the BBC was followed and prevented from talking freely to villagers in Taishi, Guangdong province, where locals fear reprisals for speaking with foreign journalists. He said local officials stopped him as soon as he arrived and kept him...
Jul 12, 2008
Police interrupted a reporting visit by Rupert Wingfield Hayes of the BBC to the former petitioners village near South Beijing railway station in July. While talking to locals for about half an hour, he could see an informant in a black shirt calling on a mobile...
Jul 10, 2008
Holly Williams of Sky TV was stopped by police when she and her crew attempted to film in the petitioners village near South Beijing Railway station. The police arrived within minutes and demanded that she hand over the petition papers that locals had given her. When...
