Hebei Police Detain Journalists Reporting on Forced Eviction of Farmers

Reporter Robert Saiget and photographer Goh Chai Hin of Agence France-Presse were detained for nearly five hours in Shengyou Village, Dingzhou County, Hebei Province, where they were confirming reports of an August 28th clash between police and villagers. The violence...

Hebei Police Detain TV Crew Covering Drought

Police detained a reporter and cameraman for a Japanese broadcaster as they attempted to cover a story about drought in Hebei province. The news crew was forced to halt filming of farmers in a corn field, then taken away to a restaurant where they were interrogated...