Hong Kong journalists attempting to cover the sentencing in Chengdu of writer/activist Tan Zuoren were hassled and shoved by police. One of the group reported: Nine Hong Kong reporters arrived at the Chengdu courthouse around 7 a.m. We wanted to interview the lawyer...
LOCATION: Sichuan Province, Yingxiu TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space TOPIC: Sichuan earthquake NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: German QUOTE: “Before arriving in Yingxiu I had tried to obtain permission by calling the Sichuan Province waiban foreign affairs...
LOCATION: Dujiangyan, Minjiang commune, on a public road TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation of source, reporter detained TOPIC: One-year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: French print/radio “They said I was detained because I was in a...
LOCATION: Sichuan Province, border of the Tibetan Autonomous Region Ganzi at Ershanlang tunnel TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation, barred from public space REPORTING TOPIC: Tibetan unrest REPORTER/ORGANIZATION/NATIONALITY: Marcel Grzanna, Aachener Zeitung, German...
DATE: Mar. 20, 2009 LOCATION: Sichuan Province, border of the Tibetan Autonomous Region Ganzi at Ershanlang tunnel TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation of staff, barred from public space REPORTING TOPIC: Tibetan unrest ORGANIZATION/NATIONALITY: Marcel Grzanna, Aachener...
