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Daily Archives: September 5, 2009
FCCC Condemns Beating Of Journalists In Urumqi
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China strongly condemns the violent attacks by paramilitary police on three Hong Kong journalists attempting to cover protests on Sept. 4 in Urumqi. The journalists were reporting on protests when they were tackled by paramilitary police while running to escape tear gas fired to disperse crowds. The journalists said they [...]
Tags: Xinjiang
Urumqi Paramilitary Beat Journalists, Damage Gear
LOCATION: Urumqi TYPE OF INCIDENT: Violence, detained for three hours, broken equipment, confiscated tape TOPIC: Protests NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Hong Kong/television “At around 3.30pm, we were interviewing Han Chinese protestors on Hongqi road. There were a few thousand protestors and about 1,000 paramilitary. At a road junction (police) had put up barricade. The protestors walked close. They [...]
Tags: Xinjiang
