Apr 12, 2008
Police stopped a reporter and photographer from Kyodo News at a checkpoint as they tried to enter the Tibetan-inhabited city of Ganzi in western Sichuan Province. Three policemen insisted they escort the reporter and photographer for their own safety, and followed...
Mar 19, 2008
Police at a roadblock five hours’ drive southwest of Chengdu ordered a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s television crew to return to Chengdu and “not venture out of the city.” The three-member TV crew was trying to reach Tibetan areas. “The...
Mar 18, 2008
Police stopped a three-person CNN TV crew led by reporter Jon Vause at a police checkpoint about 300 kilometres from Aba, their intended destination in Sichuan province and the origin of reports alleging multiple Tibetan shooting victims. Police told the journalists...
Mar 16, 2008
Police barred a television crew from ABC News of the U.S. from filming in a Tibetan neighborhood in Chengdu, Sichuan province. When the reporters informed police of the Olympic rule allowing foreign reporters to travel and interview anyone who consents, Stephanie Sy...
