Monthly Archives: September 2007

Incident Reports | Published September 12, 2007

Hebei Police Detain Journalists Reporting on Forced Eviction of Farmers

Reporter Robert Saiget and photographer Goh Chai Hin of Agence France-Presse were detained for nearly five hours in Shengyou Village, Dingzhou County, Hebei Province, where they were confirming reports of an August 28th clash between police and villagers. The violence followed the reported recent death of a local farmer from injuries suffered in June 2005, [...]

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Incident Reports | Published September 10, 2007

Reporter Beaten By Thugs At Detention Center in Beijing

Reuters correspondent Chris Buckley was tackled to the ground, kicked in the back, and punched by more than a dozen thugs while investigating a claim about an illicit detention center in Beijing for petitioners coming to the capital to air grievances. Buckley was attacked while leaving the center, located at the Beijing liason office of [...]

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Incident Reports | Published September 1, 2007

Reporter, Petitioners Detained in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square

Police held a reporter from a Japanese broadcaster for two hours after the reporter tried to film an elderly couple in Tiananmen Square ahead of the 17th party congress in Beijing. The couple wanted to petition the government regarding compensation for the imminent demolition of their home next to the new CCTV tower. “They got [...]

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