TV Crew Attacked

While reporting in Nanle, Henan province, on the detention and disappearance of a Christian minister and two dozen members of his congregation, Sky News correspondent Mark Stone and his team were violently attacked on Friday Dec. 13th by an organized mob and forced to...

Henan Authorities Obstruct Journalist Covering Unemployment

LOCATION: Henan Province, villages in Xiping district TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation of sources, unable to proceed with reporting TOPIC: Unemployed migrant workers in the countryside NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Marije Vlaskamp, RTL International Television News, Holland...

Henan Authorities Intimidate Journalist Covering Drought

DATE: Feb. 10, 2009 LOCATION: Henan Province, Luoyang TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation of reporter and driver TOPIC: Drought “We found out our hired driver had been intimidated and frightened into backing out of driving us around.” DESCRIPTION: We were in...

FCCC Notes Apology, Partial Redress For Henan Beating

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China notes the steps taken by the authorities in Henan to make amends for the beating of a Belgian TV journalist. Tom van de Weghe of VRT received a letter of apology from the perpetrators and partial compensation for being...

Journalist Detained After Reporting On Church

The Christian Science Monitor correspondent, Peter Ford, was detained and questioned for three hours after the police broke up a house church meeting in Nanyang, Henan province he had been reporting on with his assistant. Around 15 people including uniformed and...