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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Seven Journalists Held After Interviewing Activist’s Wife
Seven journalists from three media outlets, including Hong Kong’s Cable TV, were held for one hour after interviewing Yuan Weijing, the wife of blind activist Chen Guangcheng. The reporters were stopped by about seven police officers as they left the home of activist Hu Jia, where the interview had taken place. The police recorded their [...]
Tags: Beijing
Reporters Blocked From Covering Activist Trial in Jiangsu
Reporters from the South China Morning Post and the New York Times were turned away from Yixing court where they planned to cover the trial of environmental activist Wu Lihong. Outside the courthouse, three people believed to be plainclothes police officers photographed and verbally harassed the reporters. One of the three searched one of the [...]
Tags: Jiangsu
Beijing Police Detain Reporters at Conference on Press Freedom
Police prevented around a dozen foreign reporters from leaving the site of a news conference on media freedom in China and a subsequent event staged by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Some reporters were detained for about 90 minutes. One reporter was shoved around. One call to the Foreign Ministry went unanswered. Another call was answered, [...]
Tags: Beijing
Tibet Authorities Interrupt Interviews, Require Self Censorship
A European documentary team, which the government had granted permission to report in Tibet, was repeatedly harassed by local authorities during its visit there. Authorities interrupted two interviews, once because the Tibetan language was used, and once because authorities appeared concerned the interviewee would say something critical about life in Tibet. In some locations, authorities [...]
Tags: Tibet
China Yet To Fulfill Olympic Pledge Of Free Media Coverage
A year before the start of the 2008 Summer Games, a new survey of foreign correspondents in China shows that many feel the government has not yet met its Olympic pledge to give them complete freedom to report. Harassment of foreign reporters is common, despite improvements in some areas. Forty percent of 163 respondents in [...]
