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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Xinjiang Police Detain U.K. Photojournalist
A visiting British photojournalist attempting to cover the aftermath of bombings in Xinjiang was detained for 7.5 hours by police, who said his travel documents were insufficient. Jack Hill, a British photographer with The Times, renewed his J-2 visiting journalist visa last week in Beijing and was assured by Public Security Bureau officials that, though [...]
Tags: Xinjiang
Xinjiang Police Detain AP Journalists
An Associated Press writer and photographer were questioned by police, searched and detained at various locations over three days while covering the aftermath of bombings in Xinjiang province. AP journalist William Foreman and a photographer arrived in Yining, Xinjiang, near the Kazakhstan border, Friday evening and Foreman went to watch the opening ceremony of the [...]
Tags: Xinjiang
FCCC Launches Know Your Rights Campaign
As the 2008 Beijing Games open, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China urges China to make good on its Olympic promise of an open reporting environment, to put a stop to violence against foreign reporters, and to better enforce its own laws and regulations. The FCCC welcomes President Hu Jintao’s August 1 statement that China [...]
Beijing Police Obstruct Filming Of Tiananmen Protest
Plainclothes police and unidentified volunteers physically blocked foreign camera crews from filming and reporting on a demonstration and press conference by American Christians in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. John Ray, China correspondent for Britain’s ITV, said as soon as reporters appeared at the protest by three Americans, plainclothes police — at least one flashing a badge [...]
Tags: Beijing
Beijing Officials Follow, Tape Journalists
Local officials and plainclothes officers followed journalists attempting to report on migrant workers in Beijing, intimidating sources and later telling the journalists they needed government permission to conduct interviews. Kristoffer Ronneberg, correspondent for the Norweigan newspaper Aftenposten, and Jes Randrup Nielsen of Jyllands-Posten (Denmark), were covering a story on migrant workers who were forced to [...]
Tags: Beijing
