Oct 28, 2014
October 2014 Anhui, Dangshan Anhui authorities have detained two activists and former law enforcement officials, after the Washington Post interviewed them in Beijing, reportedly about their experiences with China’s petitioning system. Dangshan City public security...
Oct 28, 2014
October 28th 2014 Beijing The camera crew was filming for about ten minutes on the street next to the petitioning office. Uniformed police arrived and took the crew to the nearby police station. They were questioned several times by different teams of police officers...
Oct 23, 2014
October 23th 2014 Beijing The correspondent arrived on 9:10 AM at Yongdingqiao Xijie, near the central office for petitions and letters. He walked around on the public street in front, took around ten photos, one petitioner passed him a leaflet which he stored in his...
Oct 15, 2014
Beijing, 15.10.2014 After coming home from a working trip to Hong Kong all windows of my apartment were open. While I was in Hong Kong the management company of my compound called me. They wanted to enter my apartment to check my smoke detector. I replied that nothing...
Oct 11, 2014
October 11th 2014 Anhui, Zongyang County, Anqing A correspondent working for a British newspaper was reporting on funeral reform in rural Anhui province, and approached a village party secretary for comment. The party secretary reported the driver’s license...
Sep 24, 2014
September 24th 2014 Hubei, Wuhan While reporting about the democracy movement and local elections, four people who had agreed to be interviewed by a journalist working for a European newspaper were hindered from doing so. One interviewee was taken from his home to...
