Jul 10, 2009
LOCATION: Village near Kashgar TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space, Detained TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Katri Makkonen, Finnish Broadcasting Company DESCRIPTION: I was waiting at the village mosque for friday prayers to end. Our driver...
Jul 7, 2009
LOCATION: Shaoguan, Guangdong TYPE OF INCIDENT: Police Harassment, intimidation of source TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Print “It appeared they knew it was the wrong thing to do because they drove away and left us alone. Later, the local...
Jul 7, 2009
LOCATION: Urumqi TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space, Manhandled TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Asian Print DESCRIPTION: Daily organised trips for the media. They were obviously orchestrated, but at least they are trying. Media officers who...
Jul 6, 2009
LOCATION: Urumqi TYPE OF INCIDENT: Detained, barred from public space TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Associated Press TV “The police assured them that they had not broken any laws and that holding them was for their safety.” Description:...
Aug 29, 2008
Police detained and questioned for three hours James Miles of the Economist along with a local driver and a Uighur source, confiscated the identification documents of the two Uighur men and warned Miles not to report on what he had seen in Kashgar. Miles was...
