LOCATION: Kashgar TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space, Detained TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Associated Press Associated Press Photographer Elizabeth Dalziel was detained after taking photographs of a convoy going through the city. She was brought to the airport and ordered to leave Kashgar. She managed to return to the city, where she was detained [...]

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 came to get me and said that the police wanted to question us. The police got into our car [...]

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 were largely cordial and tried very hard to be helpful. There were at least two instances when I was [...]

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: An Associated Press TV crew was detained while filming security in the Uighur neighborhood, near Xinjiang University. They [...]